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29th June 2016
04:12pm BST

"I love Messi but Ronaldo is Ronaldo. He was only young and I saw him millions of times in the gym, after training, when everyone else had gone home trying to get stronger, trying to be quicker. His work ethic and desire to be the best is unmatchable."
Fonte, who only made his Portugal debut in 2014 after excelling with Southampton, also revealed a bizarrely competitive side of Ronaldo, which led to push-up competitions in the changing rooms. He said:
"I just remember him doing push-ups in the shower. "He would say to everyone, ‘I will do more push-ups than you in the shower after training’. And he would. He would do more than everyone. It showed how competitive he is. He was so far ahead of everyone."So there we have it. Hours upon hours in the gym and push-up competitions in the showers. Ronaldo has come a long way but he never doubted he would get there.

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