Ronaldo names former Everton player as his worst ever team-mate, he was a ‘joke’

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Everton have had some exceptional individuals pass through the club over the years.

David Moyes is looking to build the Merseyside club back up to competing for the European spots, but faces a busy summer ahead.

Although there has not been a lot of business sanctioned yet, Everton fans will be hoping striker Thierno Barry becomes a star over the coming years.

Frustratingly, Everton have been forced to sell some of their star players over recent years to balance the books against PSR.

Even before their financial issues, Everton offloaded some of their top players, with the likes of Wayne Rooney joining Manchester United.

However, Brazil legend Ronaldo has claimed that one former Everton player was the worst he’d ever played alongside.

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Ronaldo names former Everton player as his worst teammate

Rooney has waxed lyrical about some former Everton teammates, with Paul Gascoigne being named as one of his favourite players.

Although there have been some good goal scorers to play at Goodison Park over the years, none were quite to the standard of Ronaldo.

Speaking on Romario TV, with the former Brazilian legend, Ronaldo admitted he thought Thomas Gravesen was the worst player he’d played alongside.

“There was one at Real Madrid who was a joke – Gravesen. He was a Danish midfielder. He was a really cool guy, good guy. A little while ago he won a $50million (£40million) poker tournament or something,” he said.

“But in football he was very bad, he scored and he beat the hell out of people.”

Moyes has previously admitted Gravesen was quite the character, with the 62-year-old holding plenty of stories about the Dane.

Clearly, Ronaldo shares the same sentiment, but he was not quite so generous with his comments on Gravesen’s footballing ability.

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What David Moyes had to say about Thomas Gravesen

Gravesen spent years at Everton over the course of two spells on Merseyside.

The midfielder racked up an impressive 167 appearances for the Toffees, which was more than double what he managed for any other club.

“Thomas is a very good player. He gives us a little bit of individuality in the middle of the park,” Moyes said.

“I heard about the breakdown in communication, shall we say, last Christmas. But since I have been here he has never given me a problem.

“His teamwork is improving and that’s what I want here, good team players, but he also gives something different.”

Clearly, the feeling at Madrid was shared as Gravesen only made 49 appearances for the club before he returned to the United Kingdom with a move to Celtic.