Former Dutch international, Rafael Van der Vaart has had a career of ups and downs. Plagued by numerous injuries, the attacking midfielder perhaps did not have the career he could have had if his physique had left him alone. His talent, however, allowed him to attract the attention of Real Madrid who recruited him in 2008, a year before the arrival of a certain Cristiano Ronaldo. From his privileged place, Van der Vaart was able to judge the phenomenon that “CR7” was already.
And to do this, the one who has never been short of witty words and punchy formulas since he has been a consultant, this time again surprised his audience “I always joke that Ronaldo is the only player whose penis I have never seen! He was the first player to arrive at training and the last to return home. »
Scathing response from CR7
But at the podcast microphone “TheLineUp”broadcast on the radio TalksportRafael Van der Vaart did not stop at this simple formula and sent a little dig to the five-time Ballon d’Or. “He was terribly selfish. If we won 6-0 and he didn’t score, he wasn’t happy. But if we lost and he scored two, everything was fine. Was he only playing for himself? No, it was just the need to score goals. Ruud van Nistelrooy was the same. We had many conversations with him and it was very interesting, because he always said: ‘I need these goals’.“
The release did not in any case go unnoticed by the eyes and ears of Cristiano Ronaldo who sent a scathing response, in the comments of a media publication “But Futebol” relaying Van der Vaart’s words.
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