Wayne Rooney: 'Cristiano Ronaldo driven by personal honours'

England and Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has suggested that his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo is more concerned about earning personal honours as opposed to winning trophies in a team effort.

The pair played together at Old Trafford before Ronaldo, who won this year's Ballon d'Or, made an £80m switch to Real Madrid in 2009.

"I'm not a player who needs [to win] individual awards like Cristiano Ronaldo," ESPN quotes Rooney as saying. "He has to have that and you admire him for that.

"I'm more about winning things as a team. You can see how he is. He wants his moments. It's more important for me to win trophies as a team."

Rooney is currently preparing for England's World Cup opening Group D clash against Italy on Saturday in Manaus, while Ronaldo's Portugal side will take on Germany on Monday.