TRUE PLAYER Cristiano Ronaldo said I was the only player better than him – now I want to start career in porn.

CRISTIANO RONALDO once described Fabio Paim as a better player than him - now the Portuguese flop is eyeing a career in porn.

Fabio Paim has revealed he would like to get into the porn industry Credit: Instagram

Paim, 36, was a team-mate of Ronaldo's at the Sporting Lisbon academy two decades ago and featured more than 40 times for Portugal's age group sides.

He was such a promising talent he was paid £4,400 per week when he was just 13, plus a staggering £130,000 annual bonus. 

Paim even had a four-month loan spell at Chelsea in 2008, but only played for their reserves during his short time at Stamford Bridge.

Ultimately, money, fame and a partying lifestyle culminated in him failing to live up to his extraordinary potential.

In 2003, Ronaldo said: "If you think I'm good, wait until you see Fabio Paim."

Yet 16 years later, after a disastrous playing career, he was put in prison for a year on drug trafficking charges.

Paim watched Ronaldo train from a window in his jail cell, a brutal illustration of their differing fortunes.

Now released, he has claimed he is seeking a career in porn as a single man.

Paim was interviewed on Tiago Paiva's YouTube channel where women in bikinis surrounded the topless ex-footballer.