Cristiano Ronaldo accused of sending text listing his 'trophies, goals and statistics' after being 'disrespected' and left out of ex-Real Madrid team-mate's top 10

Cassano has accused Ronaldo of sending him a text listing all of the trophies he has won, the goals he has scored, and the statistics from his career, after the Italian left him out of his top 10 list of the greatest players of all time. He did have Ronaldo at No.1, although he claims the Brazilian icon is superior to the Portuguese ace.

The likes of Lionel Messi, Pele, and Diego Maradona were all on Cassano's list, but Ronaldo was so put out by the snub that he personally contacted his former team-mate to correct him, sending both a text and a voice note, to the amusement of the former Roma, AC Milan and Real star.

Cassano told the BSMT Podcast: "I said Ronaldo is No1, the Brazilian. Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t make my top five, or even top ten, because for me the quality of a player is another thing.

"Next thing, I finish the work I was doing and I get a text message from a +34 number, that’s Spain. It’s a list of all the trophies, goals and statistics.

"Then he sends me a voice note, telling me, ‘You disrespected me, don’t do anything like that again. You only scored 150 goals, you only won four trophies.’ Perfect.

“So I answer him. I say, ‘Dear Cristiano, listen to me. You think I disrespected you, I just don’t like you as a player. What’s the problem?’

“He went to the trouble of messaging me, imagine.”

Cassano seems not to care about Ronaldo's ability but he will next be in action when Portugal play Poland and Scotland in the Nations League.