Arjen Robben welcome Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid
Arjen Robben would welcome the competition provided by Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid should the Manchester United winger completes a move to Spanish champions later this summer.
Ronaldo was reported last week by saying he would like to play for real, but the Portugal star has vowed not to consider the matter further Euro 2008 ends.
If it was to make the move to the Bernabeu, Ronaldo would be a direct threat to the other winger Robben, Netherlands international has just completed its first season in the Primera Liga.
But the former Chelsea flyer claims, it would be happy to see the Portuguese to join him at Real.
"It's good for me and good for the team," said 24-year-old. "And it's not as if playing, I can not play. We can play together. "
Ronaldo will now be weighing the pros and cons regarding a move to Real, and Robben added: "It is totally to him - I think he knows himself there (at United).
"I do not think you can say football is at a higher level (in Spain) because we were not in the last final of the Champions League like them.
But for me, I think Madrid is the biggest club in the world and I can understand if it wants to join them.
"It's a great league - I think you play a little football in Spain and I myself am enjoying it."
Robben his first season in the Spanish capital has been hampered by injury problems, but he nevertheless showed flashes why Real splashed £ 24million for his services in August 2007.
He is currently under international law with the Netherlands Euros to the groin, but a complaint was limited to only 45 minutes of action in the opening two games, coming in the second half of the Dutch 4-1 win on France yesterday in Berne.
Robben saw him cameo established a goal of Robin van Persie before scoring one himself, planting an unstoppable shot into the roof of the net from a tight angle to put his side ahead 3-1 and clinch help a place in the quarter-finals.
And the winger admits he is relieved of his groin problem has not proved to be a long injury.
"If you had told me last Saturday that I would be playing (against France), I would have said you were crazy," he said.
"It was a very, very bad time for me. It happened something to my collection. We have done an analysis but there was nothing major, just a little damage.
"I worked very hard with the medical team and is a great relief to be back and the team immediately. It's incredible. "
And in a message to Real fans ahead of next season, Robben added: "For me, the most important thing is to stay in shape for the season to show what I am capable of.
"I showed in the few games I have been good, as here, but I have to show for a long time."
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