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THE ENGLISHMAN WANTED TO FORM THE CHARACTER OF CR7

Ferdinand's confession about Cristiano Ronaldo's cries at United

Published:18/04/2023 - 19:38h

Updated:18/04/2023 - 19:38h

Cristiano Ronaldo's days at Manchester United during his first stage were full of successes and goals, although the Portuguese did have his moments of 'tears' thanks to several of his teammates

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Cristiano Ronaldo arrived to the Manchester United in 2003 after impressing to Sir Alex Ferguson in a friendly of pre-season, as well as to which some weeks afterwards would finish being his mates. In that meeting, the '7' came arriving to the first team of the Sporting of Lisbon and one that saw it closely was Rio Ferdinand, legendary defender of the English club.

The central British was in Old Trafford between 2002 to 2014, living to the complete the stage of the player luso in the United, of where finally left in 2009 to the Real Madrid. Ferdinand, at present sportive analyst and very active always in social networks, was as invited special in the program of Australian radius, "Kyle and Jackie Or", where ensured that the changing room did not treat of the best way to CR7, included the same.

They did not put him the at all easy things to the 'crack'

"We were used to to bother him a lot, so much Fortune like me. Cristiano was much younger that we in that moment. Perhaps we brush the bullying, but only treated to build it, to build him a resiliencia", remembered the ex footballer. Already it does some weeks Ferdinand had confessed that was used to to be very intense in the trainings against of the forward and like this has gone back it to confirm.

"We were used to to play each two days before the training like part of the warming. It was used to to crush it by all sides. If they had televised it it would have beaten all the records. He cried and everything, was very competitive", stood out Ferdinand. Cristiano always has been recognised by not wanting to lose not even in some exercise in the trainings, something that a lot of excompañeros have come confirming through the years.

The luso was relentless in anything in which it competed

The own Ferdinand had explained that in the installations of the United used the table of tennis of table and that the Portuguese was the best player of the team. When it defeated to Ronaldo and tricked of him in front of the rest of the staff, Ferdinand explained that CR7 even bought his own table to be able to practise in his house and be able to win it when they confronted again.

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