Cristiano Ronaldo
Former England captain David Beckham has
advised Cristiano Ronaldo to finish his career at Manchester United if
the Portuguese star decides to leave Real Madrid, GulfNews reports .
Beckham said, “If he decides to leave
Real then, for me personally, it’s back to United. I never had the
opportunity to do that but I’m proud of the teams I played for after
leaving United.
“Obviously given the chance once I’d
left United, to have played for one of the biggest clubs in the world —
Real Madrid — that was a dream. But I’d never advise any player not to
return to United.”
“I’d never advise anyone against coming
back to United. I’d have crawled back if I could,” Beckham, who left
Manchester United for Real Madrid in 2003, added.
Ronaldo has been offered contracts by
Chelsea and Paris St Germain should he decide to say goodbye to the
Spanish giants. Since arriving at the Santiago Bernabeu, the star
forward has scored 326 goals in 315 games to become Madrid’s all-time
leading scorer.
However, Ronaldo’s future continues to be the subject of speculation.
“Cristiano is such a fans’ favourite —
he was so successful at Old Trafford and such a hard worker. Everyone
you talk to that has played with him, been around his world, he’s not
just one of the most talented players in the game, he’s a hard worker as
well,” Beckham said.
Manchester United’s playing style under
current manager Louis van Gaal has come under a lot of criticism.
Although Beckham refrained from directly criticising van Gaal, he opined
that the tactics in his time under Sir Alex Ferguson were simple but
effective.
He said, “I think the style of football
obviously has changed over the years, even when I was playing. It was a
case of ‘you need fast wingers to get to the bye line and cross it.’
Fortunately, we had players like Ryan Giggs, Lee Sharpe and Andre
Kanchelskis who could all go past defenders.
“I was lucky that the time I came into
the team, it was about Roy Keane winning the ball in midfield, giving it
to the wide players and we just needed a yard to cross it and then you
had the likes of Eric Cantona, Andy Cole, Teddy Sheringham or Dwight
Yorke in the middle — and that was our game.
“But there’s so many things that have
changed over in recent years — the boss (Ferguson) leaving, Giggsy
finishing, Keany finishing, myself, Scholesy, Butty, the Nevs … there’s
so many things that have changed.”
