Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Old Trafford as a fresh-faced teenager with raw ability while Ruud van Nistelrooy was Manchester ...

When the Red Devils signed teenager Cristiano Ronaldo in 2003, they already had a productive frontman in Van Nistelrooy at ...

Ruud van Nistelrooy paid the ultimate tribute to one fellow Manchester United legend by claiming that he would “leave it” to him to step up on the big occasion.

Joshua Zirkzee receives some welcome praise for his mental strength, but Ruben Amorim has been slammed for his 'arrogance' ...

Roy Keane escorted Van Nistelrooy away from the situation, but many other United players joined the conflict in his defence. Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Mikael Silvestre ...

Van Nistelrooy would know that. Nobody was more exasperated with Ronaldo overplaying it during his first few years than Van Nistelrooy, accustomed to David Beckham's service. It came to a head ...

Harry Maguire scored a controversial stoppage-time winner against Leicester City to send Manchester United through in the FA ...

Leicester City boss Ruud van Nistelrooy has been speaking to the media before Friday's Premier League game against Brentford ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi reached plenty ... surpassing the previous best of Ruud van Nistelrooy, who reached that tally in 34 games, and 40, in 35 games – ten less than the Dutchman.

Ruud van Nistelrooy claimed the emergence of Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United from teen ace to world's best was the greatest fulfilment of potential. "So if you see how he works, how he ...