Man Utd great Robson: Teammate should be able to handle luxury Ronaldo | OneFootball

Manchester United great Bryan Robson has rejected criticism over the return of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Robson insists United should be able to "afford the luxury" of having Ronaldo in their team.

He told the Daily Mail: "I don't recall any commentators knocking Jimmy Greaves for goal-hanging. Scoring goals is the most difficult aspect of football.

"I always believed when I was a manager that if you had a player who could guarantee goals — let alone one as special as Cristiano — you could afford to have that one luxury in your team.

"Let the rest get on with helping each other and supplying him with the ball to work his magic in making and taking goals. That's the job for the genius. At Euro 96, England's players were all happy to do that for Paul Gascoigne. One thing I told Gazza was to calm down, forget about defending. Leave that to others. Focus on winning the matches."