Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo says he expects his world record £80m move from Manchester United to Real Madrid to go through, despite a hernia injury.

Ronaldo told Fox Sports in the US: "I do not require surgery. The hernia is nothing to worry about."

Ronaldo continued by revealing how he found out about his dream move: "I learned about the deal on holiday and heard that United have accepted. Madrid want to have a medical team look at me, but that's as expected."

Emerging reports suggest a deal to take Ronaldo to Real has long been in place.

Madrid signed Brazilian Kaka for a reported £56m earlier this week, surpassing the previous world record fee in pounds sterling of £45.6m, which they paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001. However the Cristiano Ronaldo deal of £80m will smash the Kaka record.