Darren Fletcher has told talkSPORT his former Manchester United teammate Ruud van Nistelrooy was so obsessed with scoring goals that he would be ‘fuming’ whenever he didn’t find the net.
Van Nistelrooy is a firm fan favourite at Old Trafford thanks to his prolific five-year spell in a United shirt which saw him lift the Premier League title, FA Cup and League Cup.
The former striker scored 150 goals in fewer than 200 starts for Man United, including a remarkable year that saw him net 44 times in a single campaign.
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And he just hated it when he failed make the net ripple.
Van Nistelrooy was also obsessed with the race for the Premier League Golden Boot, having won the award just once in the 2003/04 season with 23 goals.
In his other four campaigns in England, he lost out to Arsenal rival Thierry Henry.
United legend Paul Scholes recently said the Dutchman was so consumed with scoring more than the Gunners star that ‘the first thing Ruud did on the team bus after a match was to check if Henry had scored’.
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And Flecher says the striker would be so annoyed if he finished a game without scoring that it would ‘destroy his weekend’.
He’d also ignore the rest of the teammates, he was so grumpy.
“Ruud was brilliant and a great guy in the dressing as well,” the former United midfielder told the talkSPORT Breakfast.
“I sat beside him and he really looked after me when I first got into the team. I didn’t drive for a while and he used to pick me up and be my chauffeur!
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Darren Fletcher was good friends with former Manchester United teammate Ruud Van Nistelrooy, who he says lived for scoring goals
“But he was [obsessed with scoring].
“We’d win a game 4-0 but if he hadn’t scored he would come into the dressing room and throw his boots against the wall, he’d be slapping his boots down, he’d be absolutely raging!
“Everyone else was like, ‘we’ve just won 4-0’, but for him he was that ruthless as a goal scorer he just wanted to score in every game.
“It didn’t matter if we won 5-0, 4-0, 3-0 – if he hadn’t scored he’s be absolutely raging.
“That was his weekend destroyed!”
Listen to a clip of Darren Fletcher on the talkSPORT Breakfast above!
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