Now that Cristiano Ronaldo is gone to Real Madrid, Manchester United need to look for replacements. I’m sure Alex Ferguson knew that Ronaldo leaving was coming sooner or later so he’s probably written down a few names he’d like to see playing for the Red Devils instead of Ronaldo. But can the replacement come from within? We look at Nani, Karim Benzema and Frank Ribery and a few maybe more unlikely names and figure out who’ll be the right man instead of the new most expensive soccer player in the world.
NANI
Luís Carlos Almeida da Cunha, or Nani as most people know him. He’s Portuguese, he plays on the right wing, he is a fantastic dribbler… Suitable for replacing Ronaldo, no? ehhh… He can take his place but probably won’t be as productive as Ronaldo. Why?
He just doesn’t score like Ronaldo. He doesn’t have a powerful shot like him and despite also having a knack for shooting the ball at goal at every opportunity he has, Nani has only 4 league goals in 38 appearances since arriving at Old Trafford. That’s the problem with filling the Ronaldo gap - although a Right/Left Wing player on paper, he was much more - a play maker, a striker, a finisher, especially in the last two seasons and replacing his 66 league goals in the last three seasons will be mighty difficult for Nani. Nani is a good player right now with the potential to be a very good one, maybe even excellent, but he won’t produce the numbers his former Sporting Lisbon teammate produced.
To me Nani is the most eligible replacement of the hero Ronaldo for the Manchester United If they want to retain their winning streak otherwise The days Of Man untd seems to be over.