I can’t say this is the best of moves. The reason he, well one of, left Man Utd was because he faced stiff competition from Louis Saha and was no longer guaranteed a starting place.

At Real, it won’t be any different with the likes of Baptista, Robinho, Ronaldo, Raul etc. all vying for a place up-front.

Life would’ve been a lot easier for him had he chosen to join Bayern where competition for places aren’t as tough.