Flamengo president Rodolfo Landim has cooled talk of a move for Manchester United striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo has been linked with Fla.

But Landim said on Papo Reto: "I don't know where this news comes from, but whoever put it around has a lot of creativity.

"First of all I wonder, what place? To sit on the bench. From what I read on the internet, I don't know if that's true or not, he would have been offered almost 247.5 million euros for a two-year contract, or over 10.2 million a month by Flamengo.

"To be the substitute for Pedro or Gabigol? I can't ... Nobody here will go crazy. The amateur time to manage, to think that in the future we will pay the bills, that is no longer there. There is no possibility of taking a step that is not safe."