MANCHESTER (AFP) - Manchester United chief executive David Gill called on Cristiano Ronaldo to show his commitment and loyalty to the club. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told the Portugal international striker, who is currently recovering from an ankle operation, which will keep him out of action for three months, he will not be sold to Real Madrid.

And Gill said the 23-year-older should now show his commitment to the club with which he won the Premier League and Champions League double last season."The player is under contract so the strength and the rights are with Manchester United," said Gill yesterady."I think we've been pretty clear all along that Ronaldo has got a contract until 2012, he's a valuable member of the team and that's the situation."Obviously there's some issues there, but that's for Alex and is why Alex had the meeting, to discuss things and put our point of view."I'm sure Cristiano put his point of view and hopefully we can move forward.Gill said however he did not believe the player was just trying to get a higher salary from United."Possibly, but not necessarily, and if the figures bandied around that Real Madrid are talking about are true, we wouldn't go anywhere near that. That would be lunacy," he added.Real are reportedly willing to pay 85 million euros ($118 million) to sign Ronaldo, the English Premiership's top scorer last season.