THIS SEASON HAS BEEN MY
BEST AT MANCHESTER UNITED -
NANI
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Feb 26, 2011 12:29:00 PM
But winger reckons his success
will be measured in terms of
trophies
Nani believes that this season
has been his best so far at
Manchester United.
The 24-year-old has put in
strong performances
throughout the campaign,
scoring nine goals and providing
11 assists in 22 appearances in
the Premier League.
But the former Sporting
midfielder insists that the
yardstick he will use to judge his
contributions will be the number
of trophies that the Old Trafford
outfit win this campaign.
"It's my best season at United,
but the most important thing is
to win the trophies with the
team," said Nani, according to
The Mirror.
"When I have won the trophies, I
will look back at how I have
contributed."
The current season marks a
dramatic turnaround in the
career of the Portuguese player,
who was a Red Devils outcast
less than two years ago.
"I always tell everyone I have
ambition and it is not easy to
give up on Manchester United,"
he said. "But at the same time
you come to Manchester United
to play. I am feeling so good
with the team now and I have
been doing so well, but I know I
can do much more.
"That is why I'm training hard
every day and staying fit for
every game. It's good to have so
many goals and assists.
"And it's so good to know that
when you are on the pitch your
confidence is so high you want
the ball all the time, because
everything is going so well.
"It's good that people are
looking to me because this is my
life - I do everything for the
football and I want to get even
better."
He added: "I just want to be
Nani, a good player. People enjoy
seeing me play."
Nani, who currently stands 29th
in the Castrol Rankings, remains
unwilling to compare himself to
his Portugal and former United
team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo,
who left the Red Devils to join
Real Madrid in 2009.
"Ronaldo calls me to wish me
good luck and tells me how well I
am doing," Nani said. "We are
good friends.
"But I don't compare myself to
Ronaldo or anyone else. I just
think about myself, the club and
what I can do for them."
Sir Alex Ferguson's charges also
have a series of important
games coming up during the
coming weeks, with away days
at Wigan Athletic, Chelsea and
Liverpool in the league, followed
by an FA Cup game against
either Arsenal or Leyton Orient.
And the players will then have to
shift their attention from the
domestic to the European stage,
with the reverse leg against
Marseille scheduled to take place
on March 15.
"We have some massive games
coming up," Nani said. "The next
few weeks are going to be very
important for us.
"We are focused on winning
every game because we know
the results in the next few
matches could be decisive."