Phil Neville:
``His is the hardest position to play at the club because the pressure is always on to score goals,'' said the long-serving defender. Ruud absolutely thrives on that."
``Since he pulled on a Manchester United jersey, he looks like he was made to play for this club. You can tell by the way he plays he enjoys it as well. He can become one of our greatest strikers. Like all great strikers he has this self-belief that he is going to score. The last two games he has scored five goals and shown everyone what a world-class player he is. His all-round play in Basle was fantastic.''
Ryan Giggs:
``I have been privileged to have played with a lot of good strikers, and Ruud is up there with them. The thing too is that he is still young and is going to get better. Playing with the players he has around him, he is always going to get chances. You have to try and improve each season, and he is improving all the time. That has showed in the goals he has scored this year. He got two great goals against Basle - two different goals. One was a poacher's goal and one he made himself. Ruud has a bit of everything. He can also dribble and is prepared to take players on.''