The Wales manager revealed how the Portuguese great struggled in his early months at Old Trafford before developing into the club's key man
Former Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has paid a glowing tribute to Cristiano Ronaldo and the Red Devils' role in his development into one of the game’s all-time greats.
But Giggs recalls it was not all plain-sailing for the Juventus star in his early days at Old Trafford after becoming the most expensive teenager in English football history when he signed from Sporting Lisbon in 2003.
"You could never see him being one of the greatest goal scorers ever, you just couldn’t," Giggs told beIN Sports
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“In his first game against Bolton he delighted the crowd and then it was a little bit of a dip really, a little bit of frustration.