Manchester United ace Cristiano Ronaldo admits he is close to Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari.

The pair worked together with Portugal and Ronaldo said: "Felipao is a great friend.

"I feel very sad that he had to leave Portugal, he had an excellent time in charge. I adored working with him.

"(Carlos) Queiroz has still not had much time to develop his work. Two years ago England also had problems and afterwards recovered.

"It's a phase that big national teams are always subject to. We are going to recover."