Manchester United goalkeeper Lee Grant has joked about Cristiano Ronaldo considering a move to Manchester City.

Grant has joked that some teammates would have vandalised a mural of Ronaldo in the club's training ground had he joined arch-rivals City.

Speaking to talkSPORT about how the United players reacted to the Ronaldo saga, Grant said: "As usual with these things, the players are the last to know. The news was strange as coming into the training ground, there was a lot of talk about the possibility of him heading to the other side of the city.

"We've got a huge picture of Cristiano in our gym and a few of the players were having a little bit of a laugh and joke about what might happen to that mural if he dared venture to the blue half of the city.

"That was an interesting conversation and then to see how quickly things moved during the day. It was incredible news."

Grant says the signing of Ronaldo has added a different level of excitement to the United team, with even the senior players struggling to hide their eagerness to start training and playing with the Portuguese star.

"The excitement is palpable, not just with the younger players," Grant added. "The thing that struck me and made me realise this is huge is actually the reaction of our more senior players.

"If Lee Grant is excited, and thinking the impact that is going to have on me and my training and the level I've got to bring, imagine what that is going to do for our more senior players.

"I was at the nursery picking up one of my children and one of the guys – one of our more senior players – to see the look on his face and his excitement, bordering on giddiness at the fact we've been able to bring Cristiano in was a real eye opener for me."