 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwemwaka wa2005-06, Van Nistelrooy akarova mumitambo mina yekutanga yeUnited Premier League. Akapedza semutambi wechipiri wepamusoro-soro ne 21 zvinangwa, shure kweArsenals Thierry Henry. Zvisinei, akaiswa pabhenji nokuda kweLigi Cup Finalvachipesana neWigan Athletic, zvichiita kuti pave nokufungidzira kwokuti pane kusawirirana pakati pake naAlex Ferguson, izvo Van Nistelrooy akaramba. Kunyange zvakadaro akasiiwa ari pabhenji kwemitambo mitanhatu yakateedzana yeligi, uye kunyangwe akadzokera kunzvimbo yekutanga uye akahwina zvibodzwa zvekukunda kumakwikwi neWest Ham United neBolton Wanderers, kusahadzika kutsva kwakapararira pamusoro penguva yemberi yaVan Nistelrooy paakaiswa pabhenji yeUnited yekupedzisira mwaka kuhwina Charlton Athletic. Ferguson akataura kuti Van Nistelrooy akatsamwa nechisarudzo chacho uye akasiya nhandare maawa matatu mutambo usati watanga. Musi wa 9 Chivabvu 2006, zvakataurwa kuti kusarudzwa kwaVan Nistelrooy kubva muchikwata kwakakonzerwa nekurwa kwechikamu chekudzidzira pakati pake nemumwe wake Cristiano Ronaldo. Van Nistelrooy anonzi akatsoropodza pfungwa yaRonaldo yekubata bhora panzvimbo pekupasa kune vaaitamba navo, izvo zvakakonzera kurwa, mushure mezvo Van Nistelrooy akati, Enda unochema kuna baba vako, izvo zvaireva kuti mubatsiri wePortugal weUnited, Carlos Queiroz. Ronaldo, zvisinei, akatora kutaura kwacho sezvazviri uye anonzi akabuda misodzi sezvo baba vake José vakanga vafa mwedzi misere pamberi pezvi. Van Nistelrooy gare gare akakumbira ruregerero kuna Ferguson nokuda kwezviito zvake mumwedzi mishomanana yapfuura. 