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After Cole left, Van Nistelrooy asked Ferguson for his number.
However, Ferguson told Van Nistelrooy, "Your number ten jersey is very good already, I'm afraid you can't handle number nine, Van. I have another use for it, haha."
As a result...
It turned out to be for Cristiano Ronaldo!
Considering Ferguson had previously said, "Cristiano Ronaldo is the ideal player in his mind."
Van Nistelrooy was undoubtedly jealous.
He single-handedly carried Manchester United through three competitions last season, like a god, and yet you wouldn't even give me the number nine jersey?
Ferguson: Those three competitions all fell through, didn't they? This shows it's just not your fate, Van!
For a time, Van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo, the divine duo of Manchester United's frontline, had not yet met, but there was already a rift between them.
Their future was uncertain.
...
Of course.