During these 3 years ronaldo had great achievements of 3 peating prem and 3 peating ucl but who’s actually better during those 3 years overall and was Rooney the best teammate ronaldo ever had?
During these 3 years ronaldo had great achievements of 3 peating prem and 3 peating ucl but who’s actually better during those 3 years overall and was Rooney the best teammate ronaldo ever had?
Also different players peak at different times. Both Rooney and Benzema were far better than the vast majority of footballers at the age of 16-20.
The big difference is that Rooney remained great in his 20s and then completely fell off, while Benzema was okay-ish (if by okay-ish you mean being a starter for Real Madrid) in the age most players typically peak (27-31). But Benzema around 30-35 was once again far better than almost all (sometimes actually all) his colleagues, while Rooney was just a ghost of his former self. Rooney is only 2 years older than Benzema, but he has left United since 2017. Big Benz was Madrid’s starting striker up until some months ago.