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The former Barcelona full back blamed the media to create the tension between him and Ronaldo, he avouched that Portuguese international snubbed him at the Ballon d'Or gala.
The 33 year old full back Dani Alves says that he has no unsound feelings for the Real Madrid talisman,
But blaming the media for creating such rivalry between them.
The Brazilian and Barcelona right back had some fight with the Real Madrid superstar during the El Clasico matches and after that match he used to say that 32 year old Ronaldo wants to be the center of the attention on the pitch.
In 2015 when both of them were gathered together Ronaldo snubbed him there and it reaches at the culminated form,
At that time Ronaldo was named the world player of the year.
But the 33 year old spoke that it was started from nothing and he also expresses that he do not disrespect Ronaldo.
In an interview Alves said: “All my fights with Cristiano were because of the press,”
“If people only knew how much I respect Cristiano Ronaldo. I will repeat it to make myself clear: I respect Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Everyone tells me what a fantastic professional he is. As for CR7, it’s different, he was my rival and I had to compete with him.
“When I said he always wanted the limelight, that when you win you are going to be the star but when you lose they will go for you, I said it in a very respectful way.
“And I think the same of [Lionel] Messi or Neymar. But my thoughts were not negative. What happens is that the press sold them differently, saying that I had spoken ill of him. And Ronaldo believed it.
"That’s why he did not greet me at the Ballon d’Or gala in 2015. I do not need to talk about anyone to go out in the newspapers. I have no ego."
Dani Alves joins the Serie A outfit Juventus from Barcelona this season after leaving the club he criticized the Barcelona club because the way they treated him it was false and ungrateful.