<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Sir Alex Ferguson has named the five Manchester United players he has worked with who he considers to be world class. Peter Schmeichel, Eric Cantona and Roy Keane all make the list, along with current first-team players Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney. Ferguson also argued that Paul Scholes could be regarded in the same bracket, and predicted that Cristiano Ronaldo would become world class. However, the likes of David Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Bryan Robson were conspicuous by their absence. "In my time I've been blessed with several world class players. Peter Schmeichel was certainly one, and Ryan Giggs for me, definitely," said Ferguson in the Manchester United Opus. "Eric Cantona could have been even better, but for the parts of him you had to control. "Wayne Rooney, that's four. Then there's Roy Keane, that's five. "And I think Cristiano Ronaldo is going to be. He's playing in the hardest position, out wide, and never refuses to take the ball and attack players. "And there's an argument for Paul Scholes, the cleverest midfield player we've ever had. "To work with such people has been an absolute pleasure. It's fulfilled every</div>I'll agree with him on Schmichel and Giggs, i'll even meet him half way on Cantona, but Keane and Rooney? OMI this old fool is losing it. Okay, I can slightly understand why he would consider Keane worldclass but Rooney has played absolute shit since joining United, his one nothing and only plays 'weel' once every 3 games... I'd of put in Beckham and argued Nistelrooy.
