Cristiano Ronaldo when it comes to the hardest working team-mate he’s ever played with. Speaking to Betfair via Footy Accumulators, the 41-year-old admitted that former Manchester United defender Gary Neville was the best trainer among his former team-mates.
This is despite the former striker having played with Ronaldo, considered one of the most determined players to ever grace the pitch.When asked who was the hardest working at Carrington, the Bulgarian said: “You should have told me a bit in advance so I can think!
Purely on training and wanting to produce and working hard, I must say Gary Neville is up there. He would train hard every session, to be honest; like professionalism, like wanting to show that he was better than the other players around him.
And he made an impression on me - that willingness, even at that age, to show that he can be better than the other players around him."Neville has often proclaimed that it was his drive and focus that kept him in the United side for so long, admitting that his talent was not as great as those around him in the dressing room.
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