Barca is ideal for Ronaldo - Scolari

Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari believes Cristiano Ronaldo should leave Manchester United to further his "education" with Barcelona.

The 22-year-old Ronaldo, whom Scolari knows well from their national team get-togethers, is enjoying his best season for United and scored his 15th goal of the season in yesterday‘s 4-0 win at Tottenham.

That form has attracted the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid and recent speculation has linked him with a £40m (€60.7m) move to Spain.

Scolari feels Barcelona would be an ideal destination for the star winger if he wants to improve even further.

“The basic education stage of his career is ending and I know Cristiano is ready for a change of atmosphere,” Scolari told The Sun.

“Barcelona would hugely enjoy having Cristiano in their team because he would complement Ronaldinho perfectly – they have different characteristics.

“For Cristiano, the Barcelona climate would be important – most days are sunny and it’s hardly ever cold like England.

“That gives a player all the motivation he needs to train and play.”

Scolari, however, believes a move to link up with former United team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy in Madrid would be a bad move.

“Cristiano needs to move somewhere where the team is an integral part of the club – not somewhere where the system is based on individual "heroes" or "stars".

“Moving to a club where there are four or five ’stars’ who do their own thing is unworkable.”