Former Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez has opened up on Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s major difference in training noting that The Portuguese spends more time in the gym compared to his counterpart.
Tevez played with Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United after joining the Red Devils from West Ham United in 2007. He formed a formidable trio together with Wayne Rooney and Ronaldo that won the 2008 UEFA Champions League.
Tevez has also spent the better part of his career with Barcelona forward Lionel Messi in the Argentina national team.
The 34 year-old revealed that he is yet to meet Messi in a gym, “Lionel Messi, I never saw him in the gym. I’ve never seen him train in the stops or do technical exercises. It is all natural to him, but on penalties he trained: first he did not take them and now he shoots them all at the corner.”
The Boca Juniors forward added that Ronaldo is obsessed with the gym, “Cristiano always stopped in the gym after training: for him it is an obsession and, being the best in everything, he always arrived at work early.”
Tevez sometimes got irritated with Ronaldo’s training commitment, “Even if I arrived at 7.30 he was already there. I began to ask myself, ‘How can I get rid of this guy?’ So one day I arrived at 6 but he was already there! Sleepy, but he was there.”