Ruud up there with the best

RYAN GIGGS has played alongside the good and the great during an illustrious career at Manchester United.

Ruud up there with the best
Thu, 28 Nov, 2002 - 00:00
Ken Gaunt

Eric Cantona, Mark Hughes, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke and Teddy Sheringham have thrived on the Welsh international's service and the man himself believes Ruud van Nistelrooy measures up in that master class of strikers.

The 26-year-old Dutchman an £18.5million buy from PSV Eindhoven 15 months ago scored twice in the 3-1 defeat of Basel in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

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