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Evra hails Ronaldo

12 Apr 2007 - 10:30:01

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Manchester United defender Patrice Evra has likened team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo to Pele, Diego Maradona and George Best.

Ronaldo, who is once again being linked with a big-money move to Real Madrid, scored twice in the amazing 7-1 Champions League thrashing of AS Roma on Tuesday, and is tipped to win this year's Player of the Season award.

Evra cannot praise the Portuguese star highly enough, saying: "Cristiano can do the same job as Pele or [Diego] Maradona or [George] Best.

"He can be like them. The great thing about him, he does not do it just in training, he does it on the pitch. And he does not do it for himself, he does it for the team, for the fans and for the winning of the game."

Evra also has his eyes on an amazing treble of Champions League, Premiership and FA Cup wins, but is refusing to get carried away as the season reaches its finale.

The France international added: "If we win nothing, people will say, 'well, United played good football', but to me that is not enough.

"If we win nothing it will have been a bad season. We must win one trophy or two. Three would be unbelievable, but anything is possible."