Ruud van Nistelrooy’s scoring record at Manchester United was prolific. Whilst spending most of him time in the box, he put the ball away at ease time after time.
Even in his last season, when he fell out of favour with the manager and played less, he finished the second highest scorer in the league.
When he left, the media feared for United, with Sky Sports and The Guardian predicting a fourth placed finish. ‘Where are all the goals going to come from?’ they asked.
Whilst Ruud still had fond memories of his time at United, he left under a bit of a cloud, so could be forgiven for feeling rather flattered to see how important he supposedly was to United. However, the next few seasons proved he was an important as he’d like to think.
United went on to win the league for the following two seasons, despite not winning it for the past two seasons Ruud was with us, as well as winning the European Cup.
Ruud has spoken about United a lot of the past two years, talking of the hurt he felt when he left us. To be honest, it falls on deaf ears where I’m concerned. My patience had run out by the time he signed for Real Madrid. I have plenty of respect for all he achieved at United, but I don’t particularly like the guy.
Today, Ruud was continued Real Madrid’s dirty work, tapping him up on their behalf.
“One day Ronaldo will join us,” he said. “This could happen next summer, or the one after.”
No doubt he’s right, but it is Ruud’s place to talk about it? Probably not. Considering his bitch fights with Ronaldo, calling the Portuguese youngster over the death of his father, it’s rather surprising that Ruud is now so eager to see a reunion.
Whilst talking about former players, Silvestre is ready for his Arsenal debut, after getting some match time for the Reserves in the past week.
“I feel good,” said Silvestre. “I got through the 90 minutes without any discomfort or pain and physically I felt at the same level as my team-mates so it felt good. The boss (Wenger) asked me if I wanted to play because it was a long time since I last played competitively, back in August or July with United. Before I get back with the first team it was good for me to play and get something other than training. It was a perfect run-out before playing with the first team. It is a good level in the reserve league and getting to know my young team-mates was a good experience.”
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They can sign our whole first team, but they’ll still be a circus. Clowns!
if you want to play for the football manchester united is the team to play for and every player should want that
“Ask all the players which club they would like to play for and 99% would say ‘Manchester United’. The other 1% are liars” – Gordon McQueen
if you want to play for the money fuck off with the rest
(gabbie)
to real where all the money hungry pricks wanna go
Personally my feelings towards Ruud are torn, on one hand he turned out to be a lazy bastard who would not run unless his life depended on it.
On the other side of the coin, he demise was was probably down to his falling out with Ronaldo who made his feeling heard during the summer where he would prefer to play, and his inability of releasing the ball a key times during games. Fergie sided with what he thought was the future and was probaly right to do so.
Ruud bitterness towards us or probably more Fergie is probably down to not wanting to leave in the first place, but thats football!
There’s a few proffesionals out there who just cannot keep their fucking gobs shut.
Bloody cry baby Heinze too, he just couldn’t be arsed to fight off competition for the left back berth.
Fuck them
Whilst a great player, his departure highlighted what a selfish character he is. Personally my feelings towards him turned very quickly after he engineered a fall out with Ronaldo and SAF.
Since this summers fiasco concerning Ronaldo it’s been fairly evident he wouldn’t be staying much longer. I just hope we take Real to the cleaners and laugh all the way to the bank when he becomes surrounded by mediocrity. You’re only as good as the team around you and without Tevez and Rooney, Ronaldo would in no way have managed to get 42 goals last season.
of course we all know that Ronaldo is one of the best if not the best player on the planet. but he was equally arrogant last summer. he disrespected the team,the manager and not least the fans. but considering what he contributed for the team specially during the last 2 seasons, it is wise that we Reds fans forgive him. thus if he decides to finish his career here fine, if not he can go where ever he wants.
MANUTD IS MADE UP OF 11 FANTASTIC PLAYERS AND NOT JUST HIM.
LONG LIVE MANUTD.
Ruud always has to have a dig when possible about united, crybaby snivelling be-atch, he always seemed the type to cause trouble or say things out of term, that’s why he went, fergie will not stand for it. At the end of the day, everyone knows where ronaldo will be this season, and as for ruud, who cares…. He will retire knowing if he kept stum then he could have a CL medal at united, instead he’s a loaner at RM and no one likes him anymore, and the more sh1t he comes out with brings more hate for the gimp..
I would rather sell him to shiteh for 130 million but tell him he’s going to madrid.
Could anyone tell Ruud to shut the fuck up???
please..?!
whilst many still regard him a legend, i dont!
wanted him out for well over a season b4 he actually did one!
cant stand the little wingeing crybaby.
I’d rather we sell Ronaldo to Man shitty ,or make the Real wankers match the offer from shitty. That will make us winners,otherwise selling him for 60 or 65 M, would be madnees.
J: “Ruud always has to have a dig when possible about united”
With respect – bollocks. Considering the acrimonious nature of his departure Ruud could have said a hell of a lot more than he has, but he’s instead chosen to largely keep quiet about that departure and has never really raked it up more than was required (he was obviously going to be asked about it and have to answer at some point). What’s more, he’s been nothing but massively respectful of United as a club and specifically us as fans.
In particular, and I think this contradicts Scott’s claim that Ruud will have been displeased to see he wasn’t as important as he thought he was for us, his reaction when finding out we’d won the title in 06/07 was one of absolute delight – giddily interrupting a David Beckham post-match interview to exclaim United were champions. He also without prompting paid tribute to United fans when interviewed on the pitch after he clinched his first title with Madrid.
http://www.football365.com/spanish_thing/0,17033,9405_4252187,00.html – this is well worth a read. Ruud loves United and if he’d have had things his way would never have left. Things didn’t work out but I’m certainly damned if I’m going to dismiss everything he did for us and the respect he’s shown for us since leaving just because he’s supposedly said Ronaldo will join Madrid (I assume these are Marca quotes? Are people still taking them seriously?!).
Ruud is just bitter and twisted coz he aint won fuck all like Ronaldo has..
Let him carry on saying this shite.. dont even know if he did… remember the source of the interview is from Marca… and we seen how much shite they drummed up last summer..
So he’s bitter and twisted for saying something that you actually don’t know if he even said? Makes lots of sense that.
Pretty sure he’s won La Liga two years running as well.
Sour grapes. He is still bitter for being kicked out of the Oled Trafford.
He should mind his own busines.
ruud has 61 in 85 appearances for madrid. We were too desparate to get rid and settled at a cut price of £10m. that’s why i was glad to see ronny choose us. They boasted about making money on beckham in his first day as well. Madrid felt they could have their way with us but we stood firm. Any future dealings with them we should try and squeeze as much as we can. At least we can use city as a means to up the price of any players we wish to let go.
@NICKOGS20: what makes you think he yelling “United” at the camera after REAL MADRID JUST WON a la liga title was in honour of United?? It could be spite?? kinda like he saying that “hey look what I’ve done without you”
It was after United had just won the title you clown. Madrid didn’t win their title for another few weeks – read the article I linked to.
Can’t believe how many mugs will turn on one of the best goalscorers in the club’s history because of a story published by fucking Marca.
The only entity less trust worthy than la marca is the united states government. Since The Powers That Be decided not to punish real-mad-squid, they have given them carte blanche to print whatever the “F” they want. I hope City starts to buy more of their players-and still finish bottom of the league. Let’s remember the little fight the two premadonas (ruud vs Ronaldo)had. At his age I bet Sir Alex would still kick both their asses.
NickOG is one of the few sensible people on here. The guy had a great scoring record for your club and still supports it, and this is how you treat him? And you mock him for not winning anything with United – is that his fault?
I can’t wait to see the reaction some of your current heroes get when they leave.
This report is based on an interview with Marca, as someone said you have to ask did it even take place ?If it did Rudd in the same interview said he wanted to win the CL and believed the present crop of players at Real M were the best and well capable of doing it this season . The Ronnie comments in the light of what has previously happened could well be true though i hope not, its old news anyway . .
RVN himself i still thank for his contribution to United . I also believe he is his own worst enemy in that not only did he fall out with SAF he also let his country down falling out with Van Basten.As much as i like him i do not think he is beyond stirring the pot, a bit of the Paul Ince thing going on there .
The only way all this will be put to bed is to hope we meet them (RM) in the CL at some stage and beat them.
This guy is obviously still feeling a little bit sour over his departure from MU a couple of seasons back. As a supporter, i always admired him however, suprisingly, i wasn’t sad or concerned when he left. Unlike the time Becks left us, i felt that this guy isn’t giving his best for the team anymore and it was right for fergie to get rid of him.
He certainly has short memory. Wasn’t he the one who bullied ronaldo during training sessions? till the portugese dude actually cried? and wasn’t that the breaking point where fergie decided to get rid of him?
He’s a wonderful footballer to be honest. Still banging in goals for fun for Real Madrid. Real won’t be the same team without him.
But eventually, age will catch up with him. And probably in 2 seasons time, when ronaldo finally moves to Berbaneu, he find himself being snubbed into the bench to make way for the younger, faster and classy winger who would also be a FIFA world footballer of the year by that time. That’s will be a perfect way for ronaldo to return the favour to ruud for what he has done.
We are a better team without RVN, as everything was directed through him.
At the end of the day there was a reason he left us, and i have heard the rumours and if they are true, then tough, nobody is bigger than Man U, and a lot of players before Ruud have come unstuck and there will be ones in the future.
I do not care whether or not he said it or whether Marca said it, we are better off without RVN and yeh, he did score a lot of goals for us, but stopped a lot of others progressing and goals being scored from other departments, so fuck him… and i aint biased or judas……
The fact is that he is a Madrid player now, not a United player … and anyone that has got sommat negative to say about United then they can go fuck themselves end of.
i hate this fuckn clud wid his fuckn ediots fans around all the world
some times iam feeling thats its shame on Europe that real madred is the the Century club
about Cris i think till SAF wid United he will not leave United but after that may be