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Danny Welbeck says £32m player at Arsenal was actually better to play with than Cristiano Ronaldo

Danny Welbeck has played with some incredible attacking partners over the years.

Danny Welbeck ha𓆉s played with the likes of Wayne Rooney, 𝓀Harry Kane, Dimitar Berbatov and Cristiano Ronaldo over the years.

Welbeck is enjoying a resurgence in his ﷽career at the moment, and speaking to Sky Sports, the striker has been discussing who his best attacking partner has been over t🐽he years.

Welbeꦰck toyed with the id𒊎ea of picking Cristiano Ronaldo, but, ultimately he chose Alexis Sanchez as his ultimate strike partner from his career.

Indeed, Welbeck says he had an incredible connection with Sanchez and he really enjoyed playing with the man at Arsenal.

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Danny Welbeck names Alexis Sanchez as his ultimate striker partner

Welbeck spoke about his partnership with Sanchez.

The Brighton ace says that Cristiano Ronald𒆙o was a great role model as a young player, but he actually had a better connection with Sanchez due to his ability to spot ru🐽ns and pick out passes.

“Who has been your ultimate strike part🐽ner?🥀” Welbeck was asked.

“It waཧs amazing to see Ronaldo when he as at the training ground, how early he got in and how late he left. I didn’t play many games with him, but I trained with him for a couple of years,” Welbeck said.

“I’m going to go for Sanchez. I’m going to go for Sanchez. Do you know why? I pla🐠yed a lot of games with him and had a really good connection, he could spot runs and find me, we had a really good connection, I’ll go with that, I’ll go for Alexis.”

Danny Welbeck record alongside Sanchez and Ronaldo

Welbeck picked Saꦚnchez ahead of Ronaldo as his best attacking partner, and it’s easy to understanꦺd why.

Indeed, while Ronaldo is one of the best players ever, Welbeck didn’t actually work al𓃲ongside the winger꧟ all that often.

Welbeckꦡ actually only played eight games with Ronaldo, and while꧂ they had an excellent record together, that is a small sample size.

Danny Welbeck record alongside Cristiano Ronaldo
Games8
Wins7
Draws0
Losses1
Joint goal participation0

Meanwhile, Welbeck played a lot more wi🥃th Sanchez, and they even set each other up for a few goals, something Welbeck and Ronaldo never 🃏did.

Danny Welbeck record alongside Alexis Sanchez
Games71
Wins34
Draws19
Losses18
Joint goal participation8

Interestingly, neither of these two were named as the best player Welbeckꦦ ever played with.

According to the striker, Santi Cazorla is Welbeck’s best teammate.

Meanwhile, Welbeck also said Paul Scholes was incredible in training at Manchester United.

Welbeck has played with some incredible players through his career, and Sanchez is certainly 💧one of the better players he ever shared th��e pitch with.