Ronaldo : the best in the world?

So say Nani and Alan Smith
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/21/sfnnan121.xml
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/21/sfnsmi121.xml
I wrote at the beginning of last season that if Ronaldo continued to improve at the rate he was doing then he could well become the best player in the world. For me though, despite this years heroic goal tally, i still think he was slightly better last year in open play. But as David Sadler has written in today's Evening News that i can't find online unfortunately, until he starts to put in the big performances against the Liverpool's, Chelsea's, Barca's and AC Milan's of this world it is still a bit premature to call him the best in the world. Lionel Messi's not that bad a player either is he, it will be fascinating to see which of these two does go on to be recognised as the best in the world.

And according to Viv Anderson the man to take over the mantle of fans favourite from Eric
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1041957_ronaldo_better_than_eric

And his overall scoring record so far this season
http://www.joinmust.org/forum/showthread.php?t=45851
When we sold Van Nistelroy, which was partly about giving Ronaldo the freedom to do his own thing, i don't think anyone could have realised that it would be Ronaldo himself who would become the man to take over Ruud's goalscoring feats, even to the point that we have become even more reliant on Ronaldo than we were on Ruud.

There are injury concerns ahead of Sundays big match
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2267207,00.html

Reserves win derby 4-1 with a Welbeck hatrick
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/s/1041985_united_res_4_city_res_1

Simpson goes to Ipswich on loan
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1042014_simpson_joins_tractor_boys

Lowering the tone I'm afraid, with some Glazer news
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6540265a-f61e-11dc-8d3d-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
Is that good news or bad, maybe he has been put in there to get them the best price when they sell, or is that too optimistic.

Johann Hari and Larry Elliot with two comment pieces on market fundamentalism
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-has-market-fundamentalism-had-its-day-798314.html
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/larry_elliott/2008/03/supernanny_wall_street_needs_y.html