Featured Image Credit: YouTube/UR · Cristiano
Topics: Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Premier League, Nani
Jack Kenmare
Topics: Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Premier League, Nani
Cristiano Ronaldo and Rio Ferdinand were in hysterics as they reminisced about former Manchester United teammates Nani and Anderson during a recent YouTube video.
The pair shared a dressing room for six-years during their time at Manchester United, lifting three Premier League titles, an FA Cup, two League Cups and a Champions League together.
They've kept in touch ever since and this week, Ronaldo opened up to Ferdinand about a range of subjects on his new YouTube channel, UR · Cristiano.
Here, the five-time Ballon d'Or spoke about his goalscoring ambitions. “Soon I will do 900 and, after, I will beat 1,000. I want to reach 1,000 goals. If I don’t have injuries, this, for me, is the most important. I want that."
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He added: "It’s the best marker I can have in football. There will be one difference: all of my goals have videos, so I can prove that.”
During the 24-minute video, Ferdinand asked Ronaldo if he remembers when Nani "used to cry" before adding: "We'd slap him." The latter then burst out into laughter. "Nani, yes!"
Ferdinand added: "He used to cry, man. Anderson [as well] flipping hell."
The former England international also touched on Nani's lack of consistency in a Manchester United shirt, but admitted he was hugely talented.
"I've never seen a player hit the ball as clean with both feet, as powerful and as hard as Nani," Ferdinand said.
"[His] sheer power was mad. The thing that I think Nani lacked, he was a good professional, he didn't drink a lot. But there was something that stopped him from having ultimate consistency."
Ferdinand added: "He could hit five shots and two could be on target, two could be way off it or two may go close. It was hard for him to find that consistency compared to [Wayne] Rooney or Ronaldo, that's what set him [behind].
"Pure ability wise, I’d take that and give someone else’s mindset [to Nani]."