Patrice Evra admits Manchester United's players used to "tease" Cristiano Ronaldo about his diving.
He said of the now Real Madrid star: "There has also been a lot of fouls against him which were never given because of his reputation.
"When you look at the tackles he gets each game, well quite frankly the lad has reason to dive...if not he would break himself.
"After, okay, he reacts badly. We also used to tease him."
Evra spent three and a half years with Ronaldo at Old Trafford and admits the 24-year-old changed as he became more well known.
"At the end he had even more hunger, trained even more," added the France defender. "Because he needed to be the best. I don't know how he will act at Real.
"At United no-one plays the star. When you're with people such as Ryan Giggs or Paul Scholes, legends of this club, you can't. It's impossible."
