The ex Real Madrid star who HATED losing in training as Aberdeen winger Junior Hoilett opens up on former teammate

Junior Hoilett has revealed just how angry one former Real Madrid star would get when coming out on the losing side in a training session at Blackburn Rovers.

After leaving his native Canada as a teenager, the Aberdeen winger - who joined the Dons on a short term deal until the end of the season back in February - moved on to start his professional career with the Ewood Park side, rising through the club's youth ranks before going onto score 12 goals in 81 matches in the Premier League between 2009 and 2012.

And during those three years, Hoilett was a teammate of former Los Blancos defender Michel Salgado, who was brought to the club by Sam Allardyce in the summer of 2009. The vastly experienced Spaniard arrived in England having a stellar 343 appearances in 10 years at the Bernabeu, where he got his hands on four La Liga championships and two Champions League titles.

In an interview with Red TV, Hoilett - who set up two goals for his side in last Saturday's dramatic Scottish Cup semi final loss to Celtic - has shared just how fuming the ex-Madridista would get if things weren't going his way in training. He said: "(Michel) Salgado is probably the most successful player (I have played with).

"He played on the world stage with Real Madrid and won a lot of things at that level. Playing with him, day-in and day-out, you could see how much he loved winning.

"Even in a game of two-touch, he would hate losing otherwise he would be angry the whole day. But being able to play and learn from him was special."