Brighton star Danny Welbeck named former Arsenal player as his best-ever strike partner as he snubbed Cristiano Ronaldo.

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• Welbeck picked best-ever strike partner
• Snubbed Ronalddo for ex-Arsenal star
• Brighton face Fulham on Saturday

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  Welbeck started his professional career at Old Trafford and shared the dressing room with Cristiano Ronaldo in his maiden season at United in the 2008/09 campaign. Ronaldo left for Real Madrid a year later, and Welbeck eventually landed at Arsenal in 2014 where he spent the next five years of his career.

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• WHAT DANNY WELBECK SAID

  The 34-year-old has played alongside several world-class attackers in his 17-year-long professional career. In a chat with , the Englishman said: "Actually when I was first in the dressing room and I was in the corner between Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs, I was a 17-year-old and that’s who I’m sat between.

  "It was just amazing to see. Ronaldo, you saw how early he got to the training ground, how late he left. I didn’t play as many games with him, but I still got to play with him and train with him for a couple of years, and that was so special. Berbatov had special qualities, and what he could produce was out of this world. I think he doesn’t get the recognition he deserves," Welbeck said of the flamboyant Bulgarian. "He was quietly confident and knew how good he was."

  He added: "Olivier (Giroud), I loved playing alongside him; it worked really well together. Again, he’s someone who didn’t quite get the recognition he deserves, but he was a top, top class centre forward and good strike partner to play with."

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  The Brighton forward then finally revealed his best-ever strike partner, as he said: "I’m going to go for Sanchez. I played a lot of games with him, and I really had a good connection with him. He was one where he could spot runs and find me and come again. We just had a really good connection between us."

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  WHAT NEXT FOR DANNY WELBECK?

  The veteran forward will be back in action for the Seagulls on Saturday as they host Fulham in a Premier League clash.

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