Rafael van der Vaart gave an surprising cause why Cristiano Ronaldo is the toughest working footballer he performed with.
The Dutchman performed with the now-Al Nassr striker at Actual Madrid within the late 2000s, beneath Manuel Pellegrini.
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Present Los Blancos star Kylian Mbappe’s begin to life in Madrid since his blockbuster transfer from Paris Saint Germain in the summertime was being mentioned on talkSPORT’s ‘The LineUp’ this week.
Van der Vaart, a visitor on this week’s present, was then requested if Ronaldo was the most important identify on the membership throughout his time there.
The previous striker stated: “He by no means left his home!
“I all the time say as a joke, Ronaldo is the one participant that I by no means noticed his willy!”
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These within the studio could not assist however crack up as Van der Vaart gave his fairly surprising reasoning.
“He was the primary one on the coaching [pitch]!” he continued.
“And the final one who went.”
Whereas Van der Vaart maybe gave somewhat an excessive amount of data, Ronaldo’s work ethic is the stuff of legend.
The Portugal sensation has one 5 Ballon d’Ors, in addition to 24 golden boots, a Puskas award and 5 Champions League titles.
And even with the massive 40 looming on the horizon, Ronaldo personifies the time period ‘age is only a quantity’.
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“To start with his physique, wow!” Van der Vaart continued.
“A machine. He was somewhat bit forward of his time, gamers now are the identical.
“However his coaching within the fitness center, meals, sleep.
“For him that was extra vital than coaching additional arduous.”
Ronaldo and Van der Vaart didn’t declare silverware collectively, and Van der Vaart says he might see how a lot Ronaldo cared.
Talking extremely of his former teammate, he stated: “Ronaldo was so unbelievably egocentric, if we gained 6-0 and he didn’t rating, he was not completely happy.
“Once we lose however he scored twice, it would be alright!”
Requested what he considered Ronaldo showing to play for himself, he stated: “No, no! It was simply that he wants to attain.”
He continued: “It was the identical with Ruud van Nistelrooy, I had so many chats with him and it was so attention-grabbing as a result of he was all the time like ‘I would like my targets! I would like my targets!'”