Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has been told to stop "acting like a prima donna" by former Red Devils and Tottenham ace Gareth Crooks.Crooks, who these days works as a pundit for the BBC, briefly played for United on loan from Spurs during the mid-1980s, making just seven appearances in total.
He has been left unimpressed by Ronaldo's "irritating" acts and has suggested the Portuguese star looks closer to home after calling out his United team-mates last week..The five-time Ballon d'Or winner said his team should settle for nothing less than the top three this season and appeared to criticise his colleagues for not taking advice on board.
In an explosive interview, he said: "If I give you advice, even if you are younger than me, but if that's not in your plan during your daily life then it will be difficult.
You can speak all day with that person, but if it's not coming from inside of you then it is impossible."But the other people do not accept that if you criticise them - I don't say this generation of our players but in general, I have kids, I know."While Ronaldo's honest interview went down well in some quarters, it didn't chime so well with Crooks, who said the forward should apply those words to himself and called him a 'prima donna.' Should Ronaldo follow his own advice?
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