5 Real Madrid legends who were booed at the Bernabeu

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo seems to feed off of the jeering fans at the Bernabeu

It should be pretty safe to say Cristiano Ronaldo is Real Madrid’s greatest player of all time. One may go so far as to say he is the only player to have kept the club at par with Barcelona, surpassing them even, on numerous occasions.

Yet Madrid fans still find reasons to boo their highest scorer (389 goals) regularly at the Bernabeu. Purchased for £80 million, the Portuguese has been a sound investment in terms of brand value and the very obvious success.

Last year, in spite of winning their Champions League match 2-0 against Napoli, fans at the Bernabeu booed Ronaldo after he missed an easy opportunity. The sheer unnecessity of the behaviour compelled Sergio Ramos to speak up. “I would tell the fans to think a little first... He's a historic player for Real Madrid, he keeps proving that year after year, look at what he's achieved,” Ramos said.

In January this year, after a 40-game unbeaten run which broke the previous record held by Barcelona, fans booed Ronaldo yet again. However, the forward wasn’t about to take the insult lying down and shouted “sons of b******” at them as caught by Spanish TV cameras. This was in a game the Los Blancos won 3-0 against Real Sociedad and Ronaldo even scored!

It’s a good thing criticism and failure only fuels Ronaldo further or Real Madrid would be in a lot of trouble.