Sir Bobby Charlton feels Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo is playing the best football of his career.
Ronaldo returns to his Portuguese homeland on Tuesday night to the scene of one of his lowest moments in his career to date.
During last season's UEFA Champions League clash with Benfica, the 21-year-old's gesture to home fans brought a one-match suspension.
He has since incurred the wrath of the English public for his supposed role in United team-mate Wayne Rooney's sending off at the World Cup.
But Ronaldo has shrugged off the jeers at Premiership away grounds and fired home a powerful strike at Reading at the weekend.
United legend Charlton feels the mercurial wide man is not fazed by the terrace taunts and is delighted with the Portugal international's recent improvement.
"I think he feels welcome here in the club," Charlton told Sky Sports News.
"He'll get over this little thing where the odd few people boo him because of what happened in the World Cup. He puts that behind him, he doesn't worry about it at all. He's shaken hands with Wayne Rooney, he's apologised and you move on.
"But they'll keep trying. At the end of the day he seems to thrive on it, it gives him a challenge of trying to keep them quiet and he does that by scoring goals.
"I remember when I first saw him. I think it was a European youth tournament and I was on holiday somewhere and I watched some football and it was a Portuguese match that was on with these young lads.
"I remember saying 'wow'.
"I was a bit like a lot of people and thought it was over the top this way with the step over the ball etc. But there was an end product. I thought what a talent and excitement if you could just harness it.
"He's playing better than ever now at the club. He's learning not to do the really difficult things. If the simple thing is on he'll do that, but put him round about the 18-yard box, one against one, and they have to worry about that.
"He's a great talent and he's only young."
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卜比查爾頓認為曼聯邊鋒C朗拿度拿現在的表現是他職業生涯以來最出色的時期。 C朗拿度周二晚上回到了他的家鄉葡萄牙，在這裡他曾經歷過他職業生涯的低谷。 上賽季歐冠聯賽於賓菲卡的交鋒中，這位21歲的球員在他的家鄉領到了一次禁賽懲罰。現在他又因為在世界杯上參與朗尼的紅牌事件而與英格蘭媒體交惡。 但是C朗拿度對自己在聯賽中受到的嘲笑不以為然，在週末與雷丁的比賽中他攻入了精彩的進球。 曼聯名宿卜比查爾頓認為這位情緒不穩定的球員並沒有受到無休止的辱罵的影響，他為這位葡萄牙球星最近的進步感到高興。
查爾頓：我認為他能感受到自己在俱樂部是受歡迎的。 雖然有人因為世界杯上的事而噓他，但他能戰勝這些困難。他可以忘了這一切，他完全不必為此擔心。他已經和朗尼握手和解，他已經道了歉，是你們還在那這個說事。他們還在努力，他要面臨挑戰，讓這些嘲笑他的人閉嘴，他用進球來說明一切。我還記得第一次看見他的時候，那是歐洲青年巡迴賽。我正在什麼地方度假，我看了其中一些比賽，又一場是葡萄牙隊的，當時他也是場上球員之一。我和很多人一樣覺得他的技術出色，但是我當時認為如果經過系統的訓練他將是一個天才，對此我感到很激動。他現在的表現比以前更出色。他正試圖習慣不去做那些太難而且沒有很大意義的動作。如果簡單的動作有效，他就會去做，但把他放到球場上後，防守隊員會對他感到頭疼。他是一個天才，而且他還年輕。
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