Dario Silva on Sergio Ramos: I didn't want him to start with the parties, the alcohol, the women... Real Madrid They played together at Sevilla

Former Espanyol, Malaga and Sevilla forward Dario Silva has reflected on the crazy lifestyle that surrounded his career as a professional footballer, where he lined up alongside Sergio Ramos at the Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Having been working in a pizzeria in Malaga only a few months ago, he remembered the bad habits that he had off the pitch during his playing days, which he was keen to see Ramos avoid.

"He was young, I would go out at night, I didn't want him to start that way," Silva told Los Otros on Movistar+.

"The parties, even the alcohol, the women because the women are even more attractive when you are famous...

"He wanted to stick by me and I told him no. I said, 'No, we can't go out, I'm not going out', and he'd say 'Why not? Everyone's going out' Of course, I would have to take him home."

It was not an easy task though, as Silva went on to explain that Ramos was keeping a keen eye on him.

"He looked out for me; I saw that he was looking for me to see if I would go in the direction of my home," Silva explained.

"I would go towards my house but, of course, I turned at the roundabout, waited and when I saw that the lights at his house were on, I knew he was inside.

"Then I would get back in the car and go, then one day he saw me and said, 'You stink of alcohol, you went out last night!'

"I said, 'No, I was at home - before coming out I had a drink' and I was always trying to trick him.

"He's a good guy, I tell him he's 'The Kid' for me."

Silva left Sevilla in 2005, heading for a brief stint at Portsmouth before retiring in 2006 as a car accident caused him to lose a leg and ended his career at the age of 34.