Sir Alex Ferguson still remains a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, despite his £80million departure from Manchester United in the summer.
In fact, the United manager is cheering every goal his former player scores in La Liga for Real Madrid having shrewdly backed the player at the bookies to end the season as the top scorer in Spain.
An in-form Ronaldo scored his seventh goal in five games for Real against Villarreal, having begun in the Champions League with two long-range strikes and Ferguson said: 'He was a great bet, 7-1 to be the top scorer. Did I take it? Absolutely!
'I saw his goal on Wednesday, what a goal. He has done well to get seven goals right away.'
Ferguson thinks there is a chance he could even emulate his haul of 42 goals at United two seasons ago.
'He's started very well. They play 38 league games, European games, Spanish Cup, so you never know.'