Nani story exposes just how competitive Cristiano Ronaldo was at Manchester United

straight to your inboxWayne Rooney believes Sir Alex Ferguson's tactics in the 2009 and 2011 Champions League finals were wrong.United went into the 2009 final in Rome as defending champions but were beaten despite having early chances, with goals from Samuel Eto'o and Lionel Messi securing a 2-0 win for Barcelona.

straight to your inboxFerran Torres wants to follow in Cristiano Ronaldo's footsteps as he approaches the next challenge of his football career.The 20-year-old Valencia winger is set to join Manchester City this summer after the two clubs agreed a fee of an initial £21m with no other complications to the transfer expected.Despite his young age, Torres already has three years of La Liga experience and has earned rave reviews for his performances both for his club and the Spain youth teams.

United defender also named Michael Carrick as someone he loved playing with under Sir Alex Ferguson, after reflecting on the midfielders he played behind at Old Trafford.Ferdinand, Carrick and Hargreaves were all integral parts of the 2008 Champions League winning side at United, forming a solid foundation on which forwards like Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney thrived.Ferdinand has now told The Big Interview podcast that he'd been excited to see Carrick, Hargreaves and Paul Scholes team up at

straight to your inboxFormer Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon has revealed why the club turned to signing Cristiano Ronaldo after failing to lure Ronaldinho to Old Trafford.Kenyon oversaw a huge summer back in 2003 which saw David Beckham leave the club to join Real Madrid and United fail in a bid to sign Ronaldinho as his replacement from Paris Saint-Germain.The former United chief insists the club 'worked really hard' to lure World Cup winner Ronaldinho to the club but there came

straight to your inboxOle Gunnar Solskjaer believes the partnership between Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial is more similar to the understanding Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, and Carlos Tevez enjoyed than the telepathy between his former teammatesDwight Yorke and Andy Cole had.Yorke and Cole plundered 53 goals between them in United's Treble-winning season and Martial and Rashford were likened to the duo in their first year of playing together for United.Rashford, 22, and Martial, 24,

straight to your inbox Former Manchester United frontman Dimitar Berbatov believes Mason Greenwood and Marcus Rashford can learn to get the best out of each other between now and the end of the season. Berbatov, like many, thinks United have something special in Greenwood, who reminds him of a young Cristiano Ronaldo.

straight to your inboxWolves manager Nuno Espirito Santos claims the club are unfazed by comments made by Mexico manager Gerard Martino that star forward Raul Jimenez should join Manchester United.Jimenez was linked with a move to Old Trafford in January prior to the signing of Odion Ighalo.