At this point, no one can deny Ronaldo’s incredible work ethic. He puts in the effort day after day and it is key to his success. However, Evra recalled one time where he was shocked by the lengths at which Ronaldo would go.
“I would give advice to anybody, when Cristiano invites you for lunch at his house, just say no,” the Frenchman said.
“He said, ‘Patrice, come over after training.’ I went, you know I was really tired, [and] at the table there was only salad and plain white chicken so I was like, okay, and water, not any juice and we started eating and I was thinking some big meat would be coming after that but there was nothing.
“He just finished and he stood up and he started playing with a ball, doing some skills and he said, ‘Let’s do some two-touch.
“I was like, can I just finish eating?” he continued.
“‘No, no let’s play two-touch,’ we start playing two touch. After that he said let’s go to the pool to swim, I was like okay… after going in the jacuzzi, the sauna, I’m done.
“I say, ‘Cristiano why have we come here, have we come here because we have a game tomorrow, or just for lunch?’