The identity of the player who 'stole' Ronaldo's shirt
from Reading's Graeme Murty on Saturday is today revealed as his
team-mate, Stephen Hunt.
The Manchester United star gave his sweat-stained No 7 top to Murty
at the end of his side's hard-fought 2-0 win at the Madejski
Stadium, with the Royals skipper hanging it on his dressing room
peg while he took a shower.
Hunt keeps a close eye on Ronaldo
But when he returned, the shirt was gone prompting some choice
words from the Scotland international: "Someone's had it away and
when I find out who it is, it's going to be bloody," he vowed.
"It's either a player, an apprentice or a member of staff but when
I find out who it is there are going to be broken legs.
"I know who my list of suspects are. I've played against Ronaldo
before but he was the nearest player to me. I said, 'Can I have
your shirt?' and he said, 'Yeah, I'm knackered' but the moment I
came back from the shower, the shirt had gone."
Getting shirty: Murty (right) immediately vowed
to track down Ronaldo's jersey
But it can today be revaled that it was Hunt who was the culprit,
with the Irishman living upto his cheeky reputation by hiding the
shirt in a successful bid to wind up his skipper.
"It was pretty funny really," said Reading goalkeeper and
Sportsmail columnist Marcus Hahnemann. "Murts was looking for it
everywhere, but Hunty finally came clean and gave it back to him in
the players' bar afterwards. And probably just in time!"
