Never forget prime Cristiano Ronaldo's superhuman sprint covering '96m in 10 seconds'

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the fastest elite footballers that we’ve ever seen.

While the hyperbolic tweets about him giving Usain Bolt a run for his money need to take their head out of the clouds, there’s no denying that Ronaldo packs some serious pace in his boots.

Even deep into his thirties, the Portuguese superstar has shown on multiple occasions that defenders need to put their afterburners on if they’re going to win a race against him.

Sure, the likes of Adama Traore and Kylian Mbappe would probably outrun the Manchester United star even in his prime, but the fact that that’s even the point of comparison truly speaks volumes.

Besides, we are talking about one of the finest physical specimens to ever hone their talents in football with Ronaldo marrying his electric pace to staggering jumping and underrated strength.

And although Ronaldo has maintained his sprinting ability longer than most footballers could dream of, even super-humans like ‘CR7’ still hit their prime when we’re at their physical zenith.

For Ronaldo, that was undoubtedly the Real Madrid days where a combination of his insane physical attributes and outrageous footballing talent saw him dominate the beautiful game.

You only have to look at his mind-blowing record of 450 goals in just 438 appearances for Real to see that there was simply no stopping Ronaldo while he wore the famous all-white jersey.

And that most certainly applies to his sprinting, too, with the five-time Ballon d’Or winner putting his electrifying pace on display for the world during his Real prime in the 2012/13 season.

In the midst of a 2-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Bernabeu, Ronaldo put on one of the most breath-taking demonstrations of pace that we’ve ever seen from a