RUUD PRAISES LOUIS

Last updated : 04 February 2004 By Editor
“Louis showed a lot of guts to leave Fulham,” Van Nistelrooy
told MUTV. “It can't have been easy because Fulham had been
good for him but he wanted to come to Manchester United and
everyone could see that. All the fans appreciated it and all
the players did as well.

“Right from the first couple of training sessions I felt we
were going to do well together. From what I have seen of
Louis so far, he reminds me of Yorke. Like Dwight, Louis is
strong in his upper body.

“He has great strength, turns sharply and is difficult for
defences to contain. The encouraging aspect is that we don't
do the same things, which is important at the start of a new
partnership.

“When you have different movements and different qualities,
it means you can change things and I feel we are going to be
a lot more dangerous now. Saturday didn't feel like the
first time we had played together. Louis brings a new
dimension and once he settles in and get used to playing for
United he will only get better.”