“It is not a case of coming to United to take his place — he
is the boss. He is one of my role models, like Claude
Makelele at Real Madrid. If I have a career like them, I
will be more than happy.
“I am going to learn a lot from playing with him. It will be
the young and the old. He may be 10 years older than me but,
while he has less speed, he has more intelligence than me.
“He is a man of character and he plays hard. You have to be
strong in your head to play in England. If you are mentally
strong, you will succeed. Those who are not will play
somewhere else. I will learn every day.”