WATCH: Rio Ferdinand reveals how David Beckham taunts drove Cristiano Ronaldo into a fury

Telling a young, impressionable Ronaldo that Eric Cantona was the real Manchester United No.7 would have been much more believable.

Rio Ferdinand has given a further insight into the driven personality possessed by the Portuguese star. On this morning's Fletch & Sav, Ferdinand revealed how the United players used to wind up Ronaldo about the man he had replaced at Old Trafford in 2003 - David Beckham. "We'd be in the changing room - myself, Quinton Fortune, Darren Fletcher and Wayne Rooney - and we'd tell him 'Becks is the real Number 7. He's the Daddy. Beckham is up here. Ronaldo is down here.' "He used to go mad. He'd be boiling up; you could see it. He was that determind to be a superstar."

.@rioferdy5 says @ManUtd players used to tell @Cristiano that "Beckham was the real number seven". https://t.co/flQNdH5tJG

— Fletch And Sav (@FletchAndSav) November 7, 2015