Comparisons to great players are often a poisoned chalice for promising youngsters, setting impossibly high expectations and generating unwanted pressure. Depay's comparison with the imperious Cristiano Ronaldo should perhaps therefore be taken with a pinch of salt, for the benefit of the player himself as much as United fans. However, at the risk of fuelling hysteria, the similarities are certainly present. Both are strong and pacy with a tendency to cut inside from wide positions, and both possess a fearsome right foot when going for goal. He also shares a fondness for Real Madrid with the Portuguese star, tweeting out a message of support after Los Blancos knocked Barcelona out of the Copa Del Rey in 2013.
