By ROB SHEPHERD

REAL MADRID are preparing one final £60million bid to land Cristiano Ronaldo.

Manchester United insist their Portuguese winger is not for sale. But last night Real boss Bernd Schuster confirmed: “The club are working hard to get a solution. We knew it was going to be very complicated.

“It’s not going to be easy for Ronaldo to come to Madrid but we will have to see.”

Ronaldo, 23, is due to return to United this week after his holiday following his ankle op.

And Old Trafford boss Sir Alex Ferguson hopes to end the summer’s longest transfer saga by finally convincing the wing wizard to stay in England.

However, Schuster added: “Do I still want to sign Ronaldo? What a question. Of course I do. If you ask any coach that question then every single one of them would want Ronaldo. He is a great player. One of the best.”

Real are on the verge of agreeing a deal with Hamburg for Dutch midfielder Rafael Van der Vaart — who notably did not feature in Real’s 2-1 win over the Germans in the Emirates Cup yesterday.