In his début season, Nani scored a penalty in the European Cup final, he lifted the Premiership trophy, he was a contender for our goal of the season, and he scored against Liverpool and Arsenal.
This season was has been considerably less exciting for our winger with him failing to make the most of the opportunities presented to him.
Nani has today claimed that he is confident about United’s match against Porto tonight as well as confessing he is already looking forward to next season after not making much of an impact this season.
“Why am I confident? Simple, because we have the best players in the world,” said Nani. “We have the confidence wherever we go. OK, we know Porto are a very good team, play good football and showed their own strengths at Old Trafford but it may be more difficult for them now. When you’re at home you have to go forward more, and that could leave them under pressure. We are going there to win and we’re confident we can do it.”
Nani looks at the disappointments of the season, whilst also keeping an eye on the cup finals that might be coming our way.
“At the end of last season I thought the next one was going to be my year,” he added. “Maybe it’s not gone how I would like, but I had injuries at the start and everything changed. You just have to be ready when you get the chance – I only hope next season will see me play more games. But if this season finishes at Rome and Wembley, plus another league title, it would be fantastic.”
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Portugal is not doing us good things this year..
will he be here next year
Not sure about that GHTT. I’m not feeling like there’s hard work and a great attitude coming from the lad. It’s almost as if he thinks he’s already one of the world’s best players by virtue of the fact that he plays for United and speaks the same language as Ronaldo.
gotta hate tiny tears: majority of us doubt so
is it fair to criticise nani, i mean how long did it take ronaldo to settle 2-3 seasons. I mean I do think he has cost us with his peformances this season and if ribery is interested in a move , he may be shown the door
Nani Can’t Wait For Next Year Already? Good He wont be given the ball away in a United shirt anyway… Fuck him out
Lay off him! The boy will come good! How many ‘opportunities’ has he really had this year? Give him a good run of games and he’ll prove his worth…
Good — because he weren’t much good THIS year.
Give him a break. He’s got so much skill and a lot of guts when defenders are trying to kick lumps out of him. He’s been poor at times this season, but he’s still young and could still come good. I’d love him to succeed, and now is not to the time to pick on players with so much to play for. One of his banani shot goals might just win us a trophy.
why is he talking about next year though? can’t he contribute this season? poor attitude really, many games to go this season
Ronaldo came in at a time when the RW slot was up for grabs. His only consistent contender was a pretty weak and inexperienced Darren Fletcher.
Nani has Park and Giggsy to get past, with even Rooney being preferred at times out wide.
I’d like to see him get more playing time, but I get the feeling SAF has (in *his* head, at least) seen enough.
Nanis downfall came at West Ham at home last season. I think Ferguson was disgusted at him for that.
Have said for a while now I don’t think he will be here next season. Just don’t think he is a United player, simple as.
Coogie – Got to admit it mate, so was I.
The first thing Nani has to do is to bulk up. There are many who say Ronaldo goes down easily, but compare that to Nani, who not only goes down easily, he makes it look like he was hit by a train many times. That is far more annoying to me than him giving the ball away.
Yes, Ronaldo came at a time when the wing slot was open, but he has always been a model professional in terms of looking after his body, making sure he is getting fitter all the time. Look at how built up Ronaldo is now, compared to when he first arrived. Building up strength is not at all done with game time, there are many ways to show improvement. No games doesn’t not mean he cannot improve.
I really do hope Nani will be a regular for us. I mean the guy has got amazing skills is one of our best dribblers and making dangerous passes into the box. We all see why he has not been given enough chances this season I and do hope that he will fix his game accordingly.
Like we all thought, imagine an offence with Nani and Ronaldo on the wings… now that’s dangerous! (I know that the defence is a headache but you know what I mean)
And for my second favorite United player (the first being Rooney) Anderson, I have even more hopes for. If he can stay injury free then I’m positive he will be even better than last season and the reason why he was so good last season was because of being given regular games to play!!
I can not stress the importance for the players to be given regular games to play which is what both Nani and Anderson need in my opinion. Hopefully next season Ferguson will grant them that wish as Scholes and Giggs play fewer games each year….(however sad that fact may be…)
Nani will come good…and for all those that think he’s arrogant etc…He’s not, he’s actually pretty down to earth so give it a break…I still rate him over Park, regardless of how much better Park is now, he still lacks composure and decent vision…Nani needs a run of games, not one game then bench for 3 weeks…he tracks back well too and makes some good challenges…only thing I can think is that he must be pretty average in training considering the lack of opportunities he gets.
As its been said before many times, you can’t expect the lad to turn into the player we all hope he will by playing for an hour and then being left out for the next 4 games.
His comments are pretty encouraging, thats the attitude i like to hear from united players. none of this god only knows shite.
its far to soon to get rid of him, yes he’s been very frustrating but he was quite good last season but has gone completely out of form this season, atleast he knows that and is looking to improve.
We can’t pay £17mil for someone and then two years later just fcuk him off.
I’m not Nani’s biggest fan but would at least give him one more year. He’s shown bits of brilliance, it’s just sandwiched by lots of crapola.
Don’t like his attitude tho. Like macha said, loads of games left this season that he should be targeting if he wants to make it at this club.
Nice to see people lining up to snipe at a talented player who is still learning the game. Nani has ability and he will grow to be a key player for us. I seem to remember a few months ago a few of you fairweather fans we’re proclaiming that he had the ability to replace Ronaldo!
I feel a lot of players have suffere from not having a natural holding player behind them, in this case Hargreaves. You’ll see the difference next year when he and Brown are fully fit.
the lad is still law but he has the talent and confidence to turn a game single handedly. Park doesnt give us a great attacking edge so maybe we can alternate with park and nani depending upon the opposition
Nani is the best crosser of the ball we have. Can you imagine where Ronaldo would be if he was given the same treatment as Nani is? He was equally frustrating if not worse than Nani! I agree he needs to bulk up and have the same determination to grow as a player as Ronaldo does..staying back after training and practicing on his weak points or improving on his strengths. He should be given a run as his confidence is also shattered with his ‘one game in seven’ run. Try that with the best players and they’ll be no different! Cut the guy some slack will you?
I agree with those who say he deserves a real chance to prove himself.. He needs to play more often, AND he needs to bulk up, but I definitely want him to stay next season…