"I think good people respond to adversity very well - take Eric Cantona for instance, when he came back we won the double.
"When young Ronaldo comes back we win the league and he is the star of the season.
"They were burning effigies of David [Beckham] and what I said to Cristiano and Eric was exactly what I said to David at the time, 'They're going to boo you but that's all'."