Premiership: Best of van Nistelrooy is to come - Fergie

Sir Alex Ferguson has some bad news for Newcastle’s back line and all the other Premiership defenders - Ruud van Nistelrooy is getting better all the time.

Premiership: Best of van Nistelrooy is to come - Fergie
Tue, 01 Jan, 2002 - 14:47

Sir Alex Ferguson has some bad news for Newcastle’s back line and all the other Premiership defenders - Ruud van Nistelrooy is getting better all the time.

Van Nistelrooy has yielded an excellent return on the £19m Manchester United paid PSV Eindhoven for his services in the summer by scoring 19 goals in 23 competitive games.

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