Roberto Firmino has branded Sergio Ramos an "idiot" after the Real Madrid captain continued to revel in last month's 3-1 Champions League final win over Liverpool.
Gareth Bale came off the bench to net a remarkable overhead kick and complete his brace to stand as Madrid's hero in a third consecutive European title win in Kiev.
Ramos has also been accused of deliberately elbowing Loris Karius shortly before the first of his two game-changing mistakes – an incident that is believed to have caused the Liverpool goalkeeper to suffer concussion.
"I am only missing Roberto Firmino saying he got a cold because a drop of my sweat landed on him," the 32-year-old told Spanish newspaper AS.
"I prefer not to make any comments," he said in a news conference at Brazil's pre-World Cup training camp in London.
"I think he has a view because he was the champion but I thought he was an idiot for what he said, but that's okay."
Karius' final woes have prompted widespread speculation Liverpool will seek a new goalkeeper, with Firmino's international team-mate Alisson one of the leading names on the market after a stellar season with Roma.
"Sometimes I talk to him about it and have a joke with him, saying 'you should come to Liverpool'," Firmino said.
"His agent is sorting his future but it wouldn't be a bad thing to have him here at Liverpool."
