Former Real Madrid manager José Mourinho has revealed that he enjoyed a good relationship with Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo until the final months of his Real Madrid career. Ronaldo has progressed to an incredible level since moving to Real Madrid. He has scored more than a goal per game during the regime of José Mourinho. However, it is widely thought that the pair fell out with each other during the final days of Mourinho’s regime at the Santiago Bernabeu. The 50-year-old has hinted that it may be the case after he criticised Ronaldo for failing to stick with his tactics.

Ronaldo, in turn, is thought to have criticised Mourinho for his defensive tactics, which have failed to help the club win any titles last season. Mourinho, though, defended his record by saying that Ronaldo has possibly enjoyed the best spell of his career. The 28-year-old attacker is widely linked with a move away from Real Madrid after stating at the start of the last season that he was unhappy at the club. The Spanish club’s president Florentino Perez, however, has said that he will do everything within his power to keep Ronaldo at the Spanish capital.

Ronaldo is set to be offered a new deal by Real Madrid in the next few weeks.

“I had only one problem with him, very simple, very basic, which was when a coach criticises a player from a tactical viewpoint trying to improve what in my view could have been improved. And at that moment he didn’t take it very well because maybe he thinks he knows everything and the coach cannot help him to develop more. Cristiano has had three fantastic seasons with me. I don’t know if they were the best of his career because he had some fantastic moments with Manchester United,” said Mourinho.