According to his agent, the defender is wanted by the Premiership champions following the sudden exit of Jaap Stam.

But Campo says talk of a move to England has come out of the blue.

"The truth is that all this has taken me by surprise," said the Spaniard.

"Suddenly two big teams appear to be interested and it is always nice if they have you in mind, especially if they are teams of the calibre of Inter and Manchester United.

"But I haven't talked to anyone about my future and I know nothing about the whole business.

"I only found out about it all through my team-mates and my plan is to stay at Real for some time to come."

Earlier, Campo's agent claimed his man was on United's hit-list following Stam's �16.5 m move to Lazio.

"I know Manchester United are poised to sign Ivan Campo," said Miguel Angel Cermeno.