Real Madrid are 'lucky' to have Cristiano Ronaldo, but comparisons to the legendary Alfredo di Stefano are 'pointless', says Manolo Sanchis.
Ronaldo has scored 446 goals in 431 appearances for Madrid and has won the Champions League three times during his Santiago Bernabeu career.
His stunning exploits have prompted much debate about where the Portuguese ranks among the pantheon of great players to have represented Madrid.
He has been labelled as the ‘great heir’ to the late Di Stefano by club president Florentino Perez, but Sanchis does not think comparisons should be drawn between Ronaldo and the players of the past, saying instead that each player's merits should be appreciated individually.