Cristiano Ronaldo has formed into the “ideal” player at Real Madrid, Michael Owen says, yet he has Manchester United to thank for it rather than the Spanish side.
United’s acclaimed No.7 shirt from Ronaldo when he moved from Newcastle to Manchester United in 2009 to supplant the £80million Bernabeu-bound frontman.
“He was absolutely off the scale in how he was performing at United,” said Owen. “So I don’t think Real Madrid can take the credit at all because United and Fergie groomed him in that way and he continued to progress at Real.
Ronaldo had a couple of out-of-this-world seasons at United at the end and has not stopped improving. He is a one-off, he really is. Ronaldo and Messi have taken football to a new level for so long as well, consistently being top of the tree.
“People don’t realise that it’s so hard to become what Cristiano has become because if you painted the perfect picture of a football player it’s just Ronaldo. He’s the perfect height, he’s not too tall, a perfect height and shape. He’s quick, two-footed, brilliant in the air, durable and he scores goals for fun”.
Furthermore, previous Real, Liverpool and England star Owen, has no questions that Ronaldo’s splendor is all down to his six years learning under Sir Alex Ferguson in the Premier Leagu
The Portugal universal has guaranteed four Ballons d’Or in his vocation, three of which have come amid his time at Madrid.
In the wake of winning his second Liga title since touching base in 2009, he can lift his third Champions League crown with the club and fourth in general, having won it with United, when they go up against Juventus in one week from now’s last.
The 32-year-old is generally viewed as one of the best players the diversion has ever observed, and ex-Madrid and United forward Owen feels Sir Alex Ferguson had a major part in his advancement amid their six years together at Old Trafford.
