Rio Ferdinand reveals 'mad' thing Cristiano Ronaldo did at Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo used to put in extra shifts in training, says Rio Ferdinand

RIO FERDINAND has revealed Cristiano Ronaldo perfected his stepover skills using 'mad' weights on his feet.

 

The former Manchester United defender says the young Ronaldo wasn't always as lethal in front of goal and would hit shots 'everywhere'.

"He didn't have a great shot when he came. He had a powerful shot but it went everywhere," he told FA TV.

 

"He used to go out after - he was embarrassed - pick up a bag of balls, walk around to another pitch right over the other side so he could hide behind the trees.

"'Ronnie, where are you going man?' I'm just going over there.' After a few months you'd see. 'Where's Ronnie going? He's doing shooting, he does stepovers.'

 

And Ferdinand recalled the Portugal international would use 'mad' weights on his feet in order to increase his speed during matches.

"He used to put these mad things on his feet, these weights, and do mad stepovers," he added

 

"I used to think 'Are you mad? What are you doing?' Until he started bamboozling people."

Ronaldo scored 118 times in 292 appearances for United, before moving to Real Madrid in 2009 for a record fee of £80million.