Football Special Report: Is Nani Going To Be The Next Ronaldo?
As Manchester United stumbles in English Premier League, the search for next Ronaldo continues. At the beginning, Nani was supposed to be his successor in Manchester United, but Sir Alex Ferguson lost his belief in the Portuguese youngster. Again, Bebe was
looked upon as the possible successor, but he too has failed to impress so far. Now, once again everyone is looking at Nani to step-up his game and reach the level of Ronaldo.
Quite recently, Ryan Giggs spoke about the qualities of Nani in the media. The 37 years old, Giggs, is still playing for Manchester United, and he remains their major player in the midfield. However, he has been sitting on the sidelines due to an injury,
which saw his team stumble in quite a few fixtures. The major problem for Manchester United remains in the midfield, as Antonio Valencia is also out after a serious injury. Therefore, this is the time when everyone is missing Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the
top scorer in English Premier League, in his last two seasons at Manchester United.
However, Giggs has put his belief in Nani, as he believed that the youngster has the potential to fill in the shoes of the Portuguese maestro. Giggs believed that Nani has turned into a match-winner, a quality rare in current United’s squad. Also, Giggs
said that Nani has shown a lot of flair, which was also missing in the team since Ronaldo. However, Giggs believed that the youngster needed to add more goals to his game in order to be as effective as his predecessor. Apart from that, Nani needs to be more
consistent in his game, which seems to be the only problem for the winger.
There is no doubt that Manchester United needs a player who can step-up and claim the role of a match winner. This role is very important in Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad, but no one seems to be good enough to fulfil that role at the moment. Previously, Cristiano
Ronaldo did it for his team, while last year Wayne Rooney scored a lot of goals for United. However, this season has not been fruitful so far, while Dimitar Berbatov and Nani are both emerging as the next replacements.
However, both these players have a problem of consistency, as they cannot repeat their good performances day in and day out. Due to this reason, United has failed to produce results in some of the matches. Nevertheless, both these players are far from being
reliable players, as they need to score more goals for their team.
Among both these players, only Nani is expected to be the next successor of Cristiano Ronaldo. Like his predecessor, Nani plays as a winger in Manchester United and Portugal. Also, he has often displayed skills like Ronaldo and scored goals from difficult
positions. However, in the past, Nani found himself in trouble with Ferguson on a number of occasions. Despite his good performances, he never consolidated his place in the first team, which resulted in a tussle between the player and his manager.
This season, on the other hand, has been a different story for Nani. Due to injuries to Manchester United’s players, Nani has found his place in the first team. After establishing his place, Nani continues to impress with his performances. Already, he has
come up with two great goals and five assists for United. Recently, in Euro 2012 qualifier against Denmark, Nani scored twice and assisted Ronaldo for a third goal. All these are signs of Nani being a great player, who has potential to be one of the best.
Nani’s problem of inconsistency was mainly because of the fact that he did not get regular first team position. However, things are turning in his favour, as he has his chance to prove himself to his manager. Maybe, he would take at least this season to
reach his full potential, but it would still be a great thing to rejoice for Manchester United’s fans.
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