Fergie Hails Ronaldo

Usually Sir Alex Ferguson tries to play down how good Cristiano Ronaldo is, hoping to keep Ronny's feet on the ground (and his weekly wage down!) but in a stunning interview for a new Cristiano Ronaldo DVD, fergie hails Cistiano as the best he has worked with - beating Keane, beckham and the rest!

"I've had some great players here over the years - Bryan Robson and Roy Keane," he said. "But in terms of sheer ability and imagination, Cristiano is, without doubt, looking the best now."

Meanwhile, Cristiano has been playing himself down, but admits he wants to be teh new Cantona for United fans!

"Cantona was a great player, a fantastic player. I've seen tapes of him playing for United in the past and I enjoy watching him a lot because he was such a fantastic footballer.

"I met him when we were doing an advert for Nike called ?The Secret Tournament' when there were a lot of players in a cage with Eric as the ringmaster. And we've done other adverts together since then.

"He's a great guy and I enjoyed meeting him. I know what he meant to United and what he helped achieve in his time at the club.

"I'm a big fan of Cantona, not just because of what he achieved as a player, but because of the person he is.

"He always speaks well about the United team and the players. It is an honour to be talked about alongside him.

"But every player is different. Cantona had a different style to me, I have a different style to him. But it's great to be compared with him. Things like that give me extra motivation to work hard and become a better player."

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