Cristiano Ronaldo 's unique skills once left Manchester United team-mate Ruud van Nistelrooy fuming in training - prompting an angry response out of him.
An 18-year-old Ronaldo had just made the £12million switch from Sporting Lisbon to Old Trafford in the summer of 2003 to replace David Beckham and wear the iconic number seven shirt. The unbelievable skilled youngster saw an opportunity in training to simply do what he does best and show his tricks. However, in the process, the then-youngster failed to provide a simple pass to the Dutch striker.
Rio Ferdinand, who spent five years playing alongside Ronaldo, reminisced about the training ground altercation between the two. "He used to get snapped in training but I remember one time, I think it was a good moment for him but he didn’t take it too well," Ferdinand said on BT Sport last year. "Ruud [Van Nistelrooy] was the man at United at the time. He was the man who scored all the goals.
