Cristiano Ronaldo blew referee Mark Clattenbug away when he gifted a shirt to the match official after a game. The pair shared the pitch together several times when the forward played for Manchester United in the Premier League.
Ronaldo was also judged by the 45-year-old in Portugal’s Euro 2016 triumph. And the referee has revealed a brilliant gesture the captain made to him at full time in the Stade de France four years ago.
Speaking to AS, Clattenburg said: “I arbitrated him when I was young in the Premier League, then in Madrid. “I got along very well with him.
When I went up he was going to go up for my medal after the 2016 Euro final he tried to grab me and hug me. That was the level of respect we had for each other. “I was annoyed
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