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[/sport/teampages/manchester-united.html Manchester United] had to force [/sport/cristianoronaldo/index.html Cristiano Ronaldo] to do 'things he didn't want to' to turn him into the global superstar he is today, according to Mike Phelan.
The Portuguese star has gone on to become one of the world's greatest ever footballers, but as a raw lightweight prospect at Old Trafford, he posed the club's coaches some challenges.
Phelan, who was part of that coaching team and http://fanty24.pl/user/profile/1024294 still is today, has explained how they had to transform Ronaldo into a team player to ensure that he could realise his potential.
Cristiano Ronaldo joined Manchester United as a highly-rated teenager back in 2003
Ronaldo posed the club's coaches some challenges as they tried to make him a team player
Mike Phelan (L), who still coaches at the club, said that Ronaldo was like a 'sponge' at the club
The United coach told [ ] Youtube channel: 'Ronaldo stood out.

He was like a sponge. He wanted more (advice from the team's coaches). He challenged you for more.
'We had to try and get Cristiano to be a team player and he got it. In the end he got it.
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'There were certain things we did in training that made him do things he didn't want to do.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS sport" data-version="2" id="mol-3bb694d0-7b46-11ea-8a54-bd4ef19e3aee" website claims that Man Utd had to teach 'Ronaldo to be a team player'