UNITED PLAYERS GIVE EACH OTHER NICKNAMES SHOCKER

Last updated : 19 February 2007 By Editor

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Patrice Evra has revealed the embarrassing dressing room secret of Manchester United team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo — the Portuguese winger has his own personal mirror.

French defender Evra says Ronaldo, who will line up against Lille in the Champions League tomorrow, is known to the squad as Playboy.

He explained: "Cristiano makes me laugh because he is the only one to have his personal mirror in the dressing room. He spends hours doing his hair and putting on his gel. He loves his body."

Evra has delivered his own light-hearted view of United's stars but captain Gary Neville may not appreciate his sense of humour.

For Evra reckons the team cracks up when Neville's face — he calls him Mr 100,000 Volts — starts twitching.

He said: "Gary talks very quickly and gets facial twitches. He often makes little grimaces as if he were receiving an electric shock. That makes us laugh a lot and Cristiano Ronaldo takes him off perfectly."

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar may not be too happy, either, with Evra's verdict.

The left-back revealed: "Edwin, who is The Albatross, is performing a lot better with us than when he was with Fulham.

"He admitted to me that he slackened off a bit there. That is impossible at United."

Co-defenders Mikael Silvestre and Rio Ferdinand are given the nicknames by Evra of Creatine and Snoop Dog.

Wayne Rooney is The Hummer because 'he's a four-wheel drive who destroys everything in his path,' while the United line-up is completed by Paul 'The Pitbull' Scholes, Ryan 'The Rocket' Giggs, Ole 'The Legend' Solskjaer and Louis 'The Panther' Saha.

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