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RONALDO is ready for his proposed £80m move to Real Madrid to make him an object of hate – and feels he will thrive under the insults.

The Portugal winger is set to seal his switch to the Spanish giants by the end of June after Manchester United accepted a world record bid.

And the 24-year-old wants to “re-write the history of football” when he lines up alongside the likes of fellow Madrid new boy and prospective team-mate Kaka.

He said in a French magazine interview: “I love it when people jeer me. I love to see the hate in their eyes, to hear the insults. It doesn’t bother me.

“It’s true lots of people hate me but there are even more who love me and who support me. I feel bad only when I play badly. Fortunately, that happens rarely.”

He added: “I still have a long way to go. I really want to re-write the history of football.

“I am aware I’m already among the best of the best but I want to continue to write many more beautiful pages.”

Ronaldo was eclipsed by Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in last month’s Champions League final in Rome, the Argentinian scoring the Catalans’ second with a fine header of which Ronaldo himself would have been proud.

The pair’s rivalry will intensify in the Primera Division next season should Ronaldo’s move go through, with Madrid and Barca bitter rivals, but the Portuguese is not interested in comparing himself to Messi.

He said: “I have nothing to envy Lionel for. I don’t compare myself to others. I am Cristiano Ronaldo – and I can win more medals than anybody else.”

United’s acceptance of Madrid’s offer last week brought an end to one of the longest-running transfer sagas of recent years.

And Sir Alex Ferguson believes the Barclays Premier League champions did well to keep Ronaldo at Old Trafford for as long as they did.

“He wanted to leave, it’s as simple as that,” Ferguson told The Mail on Sunday.

“He was going to go some time. We’ve done well to keep him for so long.”

Ronaldo’s desire to leave has provoked anger among sections of United fans, who feel the club helped him become the player he is after signing him from Sporting Lisbon six years ago.

But former United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz, a former Madrid boss who also knows Ronaldo from his current post as Portugal coach, believes his loyalty cannot be questioned.

“When you talk about loyalty, you must understand the loyalty has two directions,” Queiroz, who enjoyed two spells as Sir Alex Ferguson’s number two, said:

“In terms of the modern game, loyalty is to be a great professional, to be committed to the club, to be engaged with the coach and the vision of the club and nobody can put one thing against Cristiano because as a professional he’s brilliant.

“But as you know with 95% or 96% of movement in football it is the managers at the clubs that dictate the movements.”

A former Madrid great has warned the winger, though, that he will have to come to terms with being just another player at the Bernabeu.

Zinedine Zidane, who moved from Juventus to Madrid for a then world record fee in 2001, said: “Despite the vast amount of money available in his transfer to Real Madrid, Ronaldo will have to come to terms with being just another star at the club. While the supporters love to embrace superstar players, collective success is far more important to them than any individual.”