Danny Drinking Water spent several seasons in Manchester United, where the dedication of Cristiano Ronaldo in the gym saw the midfielder changing how he applied at stake
Former Leicester City star Danny Drinkwater is open about how the dedication of Cristiano Ronaldo to exercise inspired him to bring his own fitness to the next level. The midfielder born in Manchester, who tasted Premier League success with Leicester, started his football trip at the Academy of Manchester United when he was only nine.
The former Chelsea player climbed through the ranks and took a trainee contract in July 2006. It was at this time that he shared training facilities with Ronaldo. Despite the fact that he never achieved the first team from United, drinking water revealed how the Al-Nassr star had a direct impact on him.
“I remember Ronaldo when he came for the first time and he was again, he was not nearly the size 1743013283 Was he? “, he said as he spoke with Rio Ferdinand on the podcast of the ex-sizing star,” Rio Ferdinand presents. “
When asked if Ronaldo served as inspiration, drinking water replied, now 35,: “Oh, huge, yes, and he [Ronaldo] Had a difficult start, right? “
And I remember he was coming back [to pre-season] And he looked like, I don't know, he looked like he had hit the gym for a whole year, man. And I remember thinking: “Wow, as if he's with the first team and he does that, as if we have to go for centuries.” And I remember that I then started going with the gym. “
Drinking water is not only in the wonder of Ronaldos ruthless fitness regime. Former United Defender Raphael Varane has also recently discussed the extraordinary measures that the productive former Real Madrid striker takes to maintain his first condition, according to Manchester Evening News.
“First of all, he has an extraordinary physique,” Varane, 31, told L'équipe in February of this year. “What is even more important, he understood very early, very early, that he had to invest in his body to achieve his ambitions.
“That is the big difference with many high -level athletes: he did it from the start of his career when he was in Manchester United.”
Varane was twice a teammate of Ronaldos, first in Madrid from 2011 to 2018, then in United from August 2021 to November 2022. He won the Champions League four times with Ronaldo in Los Blancos, and claimed his application with his fitness while borders the obsessive, inspiring.
“His competitiveness is quite incredible, and that will be difficult to copy; it is something that you either have or not. Making sacrifices, taking care of yourself, arriving earlier for training is within everyone's reach, but it requires willpower. It is very mental.
“They say brilliant boundaries about madness, and what he does is sometimes a bit crazy. It is so intense that it is impressive. He inspired me enormously during my career.”
Drinking water settled in the United Under-18 team, and scored 27 performances and gave two goals. He left the club for Leicester in 2012 and won the competition title with the Foxes under Claudio Ranieri in 2016.
He then had a period of five seasons at Chelsea, but only made 23 performances for the blues. He hung up his boots in 2022 after loan spells with Burnley, Aston Villa, Turkish outfit Kasımpaşa and reading.
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