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AT HIS MANCHESTER UNITED TIME:
'Ruud Van Nistelrooy is a top quality player.' - Karel Porborsky, former Manchester United player,2004
'He's remarkable. A fantastic goalscorer who'll go on breaking records.' - Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United manager,2004
'The players here have good hearts and have generally put themselves out to really help me. Ruud has been trying really hard to speak Spanish to me.' - Gabriel Heinze, former Manchester United player, 2004
'There are so many classy players who can cause us problems. Particularly Van Nistelrooy, who I believe is one of the very best centre-forwards in the world.' - Paolo Maldini, AC Milan player, 2005
'Ruud was given the Man of the Match award but he offered it to me, I accepted, and now I have it in the sitting room in my house in Manchester. It was a lovely gesture and I never thought he would do something like that.' - Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United player, 2005
'In the years he has been with us, Ruud has been the most outstanding striker in Europe. He loves scoring and his record is phenomenal.' - Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United manager,2005
'It was a great thing that such a big player was so happy for me that I'd scored.' - Giuseppe Rossi, Manchester United player, 2006
'For me, Ruud is one of the best players in the world and basically I'm always watching what he does and learning from him and everything he does on the pitch.' - Giuseppe Rossi, Manchester United player,2006
'Ruud is a proven goalscorer and the way he can control the ball is unbelievable. There is nobody in England that compares to Ruud...He has the ultimate mentality of a striker...There is nobody in the world like him.' - Louis Saha, Manchester United player,2006
'A good striker scores one [goal] in two [games]. An exceptional striker is someone with a ratio like Ruud's.' - Ryan Giggs, Manchester United player july 2006
AT THIS REAL MADRID TIME:
'Van Nistelrooy is a player who has succeeded at all the clubs he has played for.' - Fabio Capello, Real Madrid coach,2006
'He's one of the nicest men you could ever come across...He is a true 25-goals-a-season striker who's proved what he can do on the world stage.' - David Beckham, Real Madrid player,2006
'Ruud has got a lot of talent and also works very hard.' - David Beckham, Real Madrid player, 2006
'You can see he is a fantastic player from the amount of goals he has scored over the years.' - Wayne Rooney, Manchester United player,2006
'I had been disappointed to see Ruud go to Real Madrid, because he was a good lad and we got on really well. He was a fantastic player for United and will live long in the memory of our supporters.' - Rio Ferdinand, Manchester United player
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