Darren Fletcher says Cristiano Ronaldo became one of the best players football has ever seen thanks to his single-minded determination to do so, but helped by the competitive environment he found at Manchester United.
Ronaldo arrived at Old Trafford as a teenager from Sporting in 2003 and by the time he left for Real Madrid six years later he had already won several titles and the Ballon d'Or.
At Madrid he would reach even greater heights by winning the Champions League four times, amassing an almost unprecedented goalscoring tally, and establishing himself as one of the greatest to ever play the sport.
Yet former United midfielder Fletcher has explained that it was the tough and highly competitive training ground at United which helped him
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