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'The night before a game, he wanted a Big Mac!': Wayne Rooney recalls taking Cristiano Ronaldo to McDonald's as he was trying to put on weight at Manchester United

These days Cristiano Ronaldo eats six healthy micro-meals a day and takes five naps in addition to getting eight hours sleep to keep up his incredible physique.

However Wayne Rooney has recalled the time when he would take a much skinnier Ronaldo to McDonald's as he tried to put on weight in his early days at Manchester United.

In an interview with The Times, Rooney has reminisced on old memories when the stars were teammates at Old Trafford during a successful time for the Red Devils.

Wayne Rooney has recalled taking Cristiano Ronaldo to McDonald's on the night before games

He said: 'With Cristiano, when I first got to United we used to go to games and training together.