Gary Neville has revealed how Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘erratic’ behaviour in his early days at Manchester United led to frustrations and even complaints to the coaches.
Sir Alex Ferguson signed Ronaldo in the summer of 2003 from Sporting Lisbon when the winger was 18 years old. In his first three seasons at Old Trafford he had scored 27 goals in 137 appearances but Neville recalls how Ronaldo returned a different player following the 2006 World Cup. “In the 06-07 season, I just thought he was absolutely breathtaking, he had fire in his belly, hunger,” Neville told Sky Sports. “When you see a player go from, to be fair, you almost feel like giving up on them, which a few of the players in the dressing room did, I include myself in that, he was
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