'Raul is Real Madrid's best ever player', claims Ronaldo's former teammate Carvajal

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Cristiano Ronaldo is not Real Madrid's best ever player despite being the club's all-time record scorer, according to Dani Carvajal.

Defender Carvajal was a team-mate of Ronaldo until the Portugal captain left Madrid to join Juventus this summer.

But although he rates Ronaldo highly, Carvajal believes former Spain striker Raul remains the greatest player to ever represent Real.

Asked who he saw as Real's best player of all time, Carvajal replied: 'Raul. I identify with him a lot.

'He is a squad player, a player who won everything based on work and effort.

'I think it's not the player that you say, "He's the fastest, he's the one who has the best control of the ball, the one who better heads-up".

'But he did everything right. For the goals he has done, for what he has given Real Madrid, for me - he is the flagship player of Real Madrid.'

Ronaldo left Real having scored 450 goals at a rate of more than one per game.

Raul, who is Real's second most prolific scorer in history, ended his career with 323 goals, which came at a rate of 0.41 per match.

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