Rio Ferdinand has told one of the many stories he shared with Cristiano Ronaldo. Both played at Manchester United for six years, between 2003 and 2009, under manager Alex Ferguson.

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The famous England defender admitted in an interview with Australian radio show ‘Kyle and Jackie 0’ that the Portuguese ‘almost cried’ when playing table tennis: ‘Quinton Fortune and I used to really bored. He was much younger than us then, but I was trying to develop the resilience he has today.

Ronaldo on the verge of tears

Ferdinand explained the whole story with Ronaldo: “We used to play every other day before training as part of the warm-up, and I beat him every time. He beat me once or twice, but Quinton and I were like Federer and Nadal. If it had been on TV, it would have broken records. He was almost crying and all that, he was already very competitive.