Netherlands starlet, Memphis Depay, who has been dubbed the "next Ronaldo", is not better than the Real Madrid star at his age, insists former Manchester United coach.
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Depay is reported a transfer target for Manchester United, where many expect him to follow a similar path as Cristiano Ronaldo.
However, Rene Meulensteen, a former assistant of Sir Alex Ferguson, believes Ronaldo was more complete than the 21-year-old at his age.
"With the caveat that I have never worked with Memphis, I dare to think based on the competition that the 18-year-old Cristiano could do more than Memphis can now," he told Voetbal International.
"They have very similar characteristics: explosiveness, strength, speed.
"But what Cristiano had more of than Memphis does now, for example, is creativity.
"The only problem was that he had too many frills in his game. We had to help him unlearn that.
"Cristiano was also better than Memphis now in being two-footed.
"Memphis needs to develop his right foot. That was not the case with Cristiano."
Depay rose to stardom at the 2014 FIFA World Cup where he scored twice and assisted another for Van Gaal's Dutch side.
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At club level, he has scored 25 goals and assisted a further six for PSV Eindhoven in all competitions this season.
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