Antonio Cassano claims he received an angry text from Cristiano Ronaldo demanding respect after he criticised the Portuguese superstar.
When CR7 was playing for Juventus the former Italian international described him as selfish, stating that "he only cares if he scores".
And when Jorge Mendes claimed the Manchester United star should win the Ballon d'Or, Cassano insisted Ronaldo is not even one of the top five players of all time, ranking Lionel Messi, Pele, Diego Maradona, Johan Cruyff and the Brazilian Ronaldo above him.
If the former Roma and Milan striker is to be believed, those barbs upset CR7 so much that he sent the Italian an angry text.Cassano said on Christian Vieri's Twitch channel: "Ronaldo wrote me messages!
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