Premier League Football

Everyone has an opinion on how Manchester United will cope without the world’s best player Ronaldo.

England and Chelsea midfielder has said that he is virtually irreplaceable and that Manchester United will struggle to score goals without him.

He also hinted that he thinks without Ronaldo the league will be a lot closer, although there wasn’t much seperating the top three sides last season.

The one person who Lampard believes that could replace Ronaldo, the little magician Leionel Messi, however we all know that he will not leave Barcelona.

“It is very difficult to replace Ronaldo,” Lampard said.

“I saw Alex Ferguson say that himself and I don’t think he will look to replace him. He will look to make the team strong as a whole by not having him. That is the only thing they can do.

“The amount of times I flicked on the telly and saw Ronaldo had scored and they had won one or two-nil. Messi is probably the only player you could replace Ronaldo with.

“That is probably one of our big pluses this year – we didn’t lose our big players.”

He also said that it was nice to be ahead of title rivals Manchester United and Liverpool at such an early stage in the season.

“There is a long, long way to go but it has given us a little edge at the moment. It is nice to see other teams lose ground around you.”

“We have now got a little bit of a lead over them and Liverpool. It is nice to get your noses in front.”