Get the United transfer latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free Rio Ferdinand has named Cristiano Ronaldo as the best player he ever played alongside and has revealed the details that made him one of the best of all-time.
Ronaldo and Ferdinand spent six years together as teammates at Manchester United before the Portugal forward left for Real Madrid and continued his development to become the greatest goalscorer in the history of the game.
He then re-joined the Old Trafford club this summer after phone conversations with Ferdinand, among others, and has started his second spell brilliantly with four goals in three games despite being 36-years-old now.
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