Diego Forlan criticises Cristiano Ronaldo for “always wanting to be near a mirror” at Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo

The Uruguayan, who announced his retirement this summer, spent one season with Ronaldo as his team-mate at Old Trafford in 2003/04.

The Portugal international, who went on to win three Premier League titles and the Champions League with the Red Devils, took David Beckham’s No.7 shirt after his move to Real Madrid.

But Forlan wasn’t impressed with Ronaldo’s off-field behaviour.

“Ronaldo was an egotist in the dressing room – not like Beckham,” he told Fox Sports, as reported by the Daily Star.

“Cristiano always wanted to be near a mirror. He spent all day looking in the mirror.

“Ronaldo was changing in front of the mirror, tremendous.

"Beckham was more natural, they are different. Beckham was dishevelled and fit, the other you never saw dishevelled."

Now read....

GOODBYE 11 Premier League players who could leave before the end of the European transfer window

QUIZ! How many of the 78 players aged 23 or under who've featured in the Premier League this season can you name?

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.