The new Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, has made clear his intention to sign Cristiano Ronaldo by claiming he will 'work to bring' the player to the Bernabéu.

Having all but secured the £56.2m signature of Kaka from Milan – the Brazilian is expected to complete a move to Madrid on Monday – Pérez has now turned his sights to Ronaldo.

"What I want is for many of the best players in the world to play with us, Cristiano would be one of them," he said. "I'm going to work so that Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo can be with Real Madrid.

"It would be very good if great players were at Real Madrid this season. Cristiano would be one of them."

Pérez, who returned to Real on Monday, is believed to be studying a pre-contract agreement made between the club and Ronaldo last season and which could lead to the 24-year-old joining the Spanish giants for close to £75m, a fee the president is thought to be concerned about.

Officially at least, he claims to know nothing about the agreement. "I've been here for two days and neither [previous president Vicente] Boluda or anyone else told me anything about this," he said.