Wayne Rooney thinks Cristiano Ronaldo is "the best player in the world":
"I'm just delighted that he's playing for us because at this moment in time he is the best player in the world - not just the best young player, but the best player full stop," Rooney said in an interview to be published in full in Friday's edition of Sport magazine.
"There's certainly no jealousy on my part over that. You want to play with the best players, and it's great to be in the same team as Cristiano."
"He's been brilliant, especially coming back from the World Cup when it was very difficult for him with all the media attention," Rooney said.
"But he's come through that and he's been absolutely fantastic this season. Hopefully that will continue, and he'll hopefully help us bring back some silverware this season."
Rooney is also learning to get through bad times and talks about his dip in form earlier in the season.
"I didn't let it get me down. I look back on those 10 games and there were times when the keepers would make brilliant saves to deny me, or I'd get myself in great positions and it just wouldn't come off," said Rooney.
"(Ferguson) just told me to keep playing and keep it simple, and that the goals would come soon enough. He wasn't concerned about it at all.
"It would have been worse if we weren't winning games - I think we went through those 10 games without getting beaten.
"That was the main thing, that other players were weighing in with their own goals and we were winning the games. It didn't matter that I wasn't scoring.
"It's brilliant to score goals, though, and I was happy to see that first one go in at Bolton - if only to shut a few of the newspapers and the so-called experts up.
"I know my game's not all about goals, which is all that matters.
"I like to create goals as much as I like to score them and I'd happily go through the whole season without a single goal if it meant us winning the league."