{"id":240439,"date":"2023-11-05T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T09:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=240439"},"modified":"2023-11-05T09:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T09:06:54","slug":"im-a-former-man-utd-team-mate-of-cristiano-ronaldo-i-spent-a-whole-summer-smashing-the-gym-because-of-him-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/im-a-former-man-utd-team-mate-of-cristiano-ronaldo-i-spent-a-whole-summer-smashing-the-gym-because-of-him-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm a former Man Utd team-mate of Cristiano Ronaldo – I spent a whole summer smashing the gym because of him | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORMER Manchester United hopeful Danny Drinkwater admits he was inspired to hit the gym by to Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drinkwater, 33, began his career at Old Trafford before moving to Leicester in 2011.<\/p>\n


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The three-time England midfielder won the title in 2016 before enduring a dud spell at Chelsea.<\/p>\n

And after spending the last year without a contract, Drinkwater this week announced his retirement from football.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the High Performance podcast, the \u00a335million man revealed how boozy nights out wrecked his career at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

But Drinkwater also lifted the lid on his time at United, laughing when recalling how Sir Alex Ferguson clipped him around the head as he waited for lunch.<\/p>\n

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And the ace has now revealed how legendary footballer Ronaldo inspired him to improve physically on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n

Drinkwater explained how Ronaldo spent his first season at United as a \u201cskinny teenager\u201d, attempting to deal with the strength and brutality of Premier League football.<\/p>\n

But after returning the next summer, Ronaldo had visibly bulked up \u201clike crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And Drinkwater, who failed to break into the first-team at Old Trafford, admits it was the moment he decided himself to hit the gym in order to get in the best shape possible.<\/p>\n

He explained: \u201cOne summer Ronaldo was there and he left the next. <\/p>\n

"He wasn\u2019t this big machine, he was a thin teenager.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he came back after that summer and he\u2019d just grown like crazy. <\/p>\n

"Just seeing that you\u2019re thinking \u2018that\u2019s where I need to get to\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat whole summer I smashed the gym because of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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