Patrice Evra has humorously recalled having a ‘boring’ lunch at Cristiano Ronaldo’s home, where the Manchester United veteran served his old teammate salad, basic chicken, and water.
The players at Old Trafford were awestruck by Ronaldo’s dedication to have the ideal diet, so it is not sᴜгpгising that he has won innumerable titles and personal honors as a result of his pure determination.
Nonetheless, Evra, who played alongside Ronaldo from 2006 to 2009 and is now retired, has playfully expressed his dislike for the superstar’s lackluster culinary preferences.
He told talkSPORT, ‘Cristiano, first and foremost, as a person and a human being, is so generous and kind, but people don’t see that side of him. But he is successful. He is an addict.
“For instance, when training began at 10 a.m., Ronaldo arrived at 8 a.m. As we finished training, he was still practicing on the field.
When he invited me to lunch, he said, “Don’t ever go for lunch, because Cristiano’s serves one of the most uninteresting meals; salad, bland chicken, and water.” There is not even carbonated water.
Not for the first time has Evra mentioned Ronaldo’s diet. Back in 2019, the now-40-year-old published a photo of the two stars at a fɑncy event and humorously added what they may have been saying at the time.
His tweet read, “@Cristiano: “Lunch plans?” Me: “Thank you, but I just retired, so I don’t require any further training.”
Yet only two weeks before to that post, Evra made another sly remark about how having lunch with Ronaldo is comparable to participating in his rigorous training regimen.
“He is an automaton!” The former fullback’s message was accompanied by several laughing emojis. “Just don’t eat lunch at his house; it’s like another training session!”
After Ronaldo clinched his fantastic second stint at United, desserts and sweet delights have been removed off the menu, with players eager to follow his lead in eating properly and reducing needless calories.
Ahead of his stunning two-goal impact against Newcastle in September, Ronaldo set the tone for how he would take care of his body. Goalkeeper Lee Grant reʋeɑled that, as a result, not one team-mate went up for dessert after their dinner.
He told talkSPORT: ‘To give you one instance of the impact he is having on the group right. This was Friday night in the hotel.
‘So, as you guys will be aware, you finish your dinner and usually on a Friday night you’ve got some cheat stuff out.
‘You’ve got some apple crumble and custard or you’ve got a bit of brownie and cream or whatnot.
‘I tell you now, not one player touched the apple crumble and custard, not one player went up for that brownie because everybody was sat down.
‘One of the lads said to me, “What has Cristiano got on his plate?” ‘
So we were having a little goosey gander at what he has got and obviously it is the cleanest, most healthy plate you can imagine.
‘And it just cracked me up how not one single player dared get up and have that junk food that was laid out.’
Diet and exercise have allowed Ronaldo to maintain his peak level of play. He will typically eat little, but often.
