A. Ferguson: C. Ronaldo is better than Z. Zidane or L. Figo © EuroFootball.com

"Manchester United" coach Alex Ferguson publicly praised Real Madrid's leader Cristiano Ronaldo and called him the best player of the Spanish team in recent decades.

"In Florentino Perez's team played Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Roberto Carlos, Raul, but they do not compare to C.Ronaldo.

The forward broke all the records and surpassed Di Stefano, Puskas, Hugo Sanchez.

179 goals in 178 matches - that says it all. I knew he would improve even more, because he left "Man Utd" club still young," said Ferguson.