Napoli deny Gonzalo Higuain’s reported scathing comments about Ronaldo

It looked like serious shots had been fired.

Whatever you think personally about Ronaldo you'd imagine that no-one in the world can doubt the Portugal man's incredible natural talent. A star at Manchester United, the winger is basically a goal machine having scored eight in his last two games alone. He's the current Ballon d'Or holder, but one former team-mate was reported today to have said the player is very much overrated. Gonzalo Higuain played with Ronaldo up until he departed for Napoli in 2013, and it was alleged today that he'd let rip on his ex-colleague in an interview with 'Don Balon'. The Argentina international was reported to have dismissed any talk that Ronaldo is an equal to Lionel Messi, and also allegedly took a sly dig at the Real Madrid's man sense of self-importance too,

"He has a lot of ego. If you don't say he's the best, he's not your friend. Cristiano thinks he's the best but he's over-rated." "I've shared a dressing room with Messi and one is nothing like the other."

Naturally enough the comments caused a major sh*t-storm this evening, but Napoli have issued a statement to clarify that the striker did not give any interview and the quotes are allegedly made up, It seems a bit strange that a publication would just fabricate an entire interview so perhaps there is more to it than meets the eye.