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Ben Foster picks best Manchester United teammate as he snubs Cristiano Ronaldo
Both Ben Foster and Tom Cleverley think Paul Scholes was a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo during their time at Manchester United.
Ronaldo scored 118 goals in 292 appearances under Sir Alex Ferguson before moving on to Real Madrid.
Scholes, meanwhile, made 718 appearances in all competitions and won 11 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues.
Speaking to the Squeaky Bum Time podcast Watford pair Foster and Cleverley agreed that Scholes had the edge over Ronaldo.
"He's the best player I've ever seen live," Foster said. "Yep [above Cristiano Ronaldo]. He was effortless, everything just came so naturally to him.
"Striking a ball, if you could see him strike a ball, he didn't miss any part of the ball, it was all full, 100 per cent contact with the ball. He was beautiful, he was a beautiful player to watch."
Cleverley added: "He was just two or three steps ahead of everything. He would never misplace a pass, he would just mentally torture you in the middle of the park.
"You'd think you were closing him down and he'd just zip it round the corner. And to add to that he was the best striker of a football I've ever, ever seen, and I ever will see. He tortured me a few times in training and he was the master to learn from really."
Source: The Mirror
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