The Bernabeu outfit have reportedly made four players available for sale before the end of the month - including Van der Vaart - following the arrivals of Mesut Ozil, Sami Khedira, Angel di Maria, Pedro Leon, Sergio Canales and Ricardo Carvalho.
And as a result, Old Trafford supremo Sir Alex Ferguson is believed to have made enquiries about Van der Vaart's situation, with a view to making him his final signing of the summer.
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"For me there is no problem with Ozil arriving. I will fight for my place. The club has not spoken to me, but [manager Jose] Mourinho always tells us that we all have opportunities," he said.
"Being at Madrid is very hard, especially now, with the arrival of a player of great quality. But I want to stay and I know I'm going to play a lot."
“I could never play for another club in Spain and the truth is that if you are leaving Real Madrid, there is only one club you can join that is not a step down – and that’s Manchester United," he said in The Express.
“They are a huge club and if the reported interest they have in me turns out to be true, then I would really have to sit down and listen.
“If Manchester United could offer me first-team football with the situation as it is at Madrid, it would be very hard to turn down. Alex Ferguson is a great coach and I would never think about joining a team where I didn’t believe I could win things, so all of a sudden that limits your choices.
“At Manchester United you know success is likely and that’s a big factor for me at this stage of my career.
“If Mourinho makes it clear I won’t play much, I see my future in English football.”
