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Rio Ferdinand has revealed why Cristiano Ronaldo used to be left embarrassed during his early training sessions at Manchester United.

United signed Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon back in 2003 for just over £12m when he was just 18. The Portuguese went on to become one of the best players in world at the club, and was eventually sold for a then-world record fee of £80m to Real Madrid where he reached even greater heights.

Ronaldo is known for being a very hard worker - but ex-team-mate Ferdinand has revealed that he wasn’t always pleased to flaunt about going the extra yard.

The former defender has opened up about how the once-sheepish Ronaldo would hide away to work on his goal scoring before it became second nature. “He was a mad

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