Patrice Evra and Ronaldo were teammates at Manchester United between 2005 and 2009, during a glittering period of Sir Alex Ferguson's reign as they lifted the 2008 Champions League and 2007, 2008 and 2009 Premier League titles.
However, since Ronaldo's exit, he's gone on to win a four more Ballon d'Ors and the UEFA Champions League a further five times with Real Madrid.
His exploits have not stopped at club level though, with international records now tumbling during Russia 2018, but Evra has shared some insight on the life of one of the greatest athletes of all time lives.
"I would give advice to anybody, when Cristiano invites you for lunch at his house, just say no," he remarked on ITV's World Cup podcast.
"He said: 'Patrice, come over after training'. I went [and] you know I was really tired. At the table there was only salad and plain white chicken so I was like 'okay...', and water, not any juice.
"We started eating and I was thinking some big meat would be coming after that but there was nothing. He had 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?' [Ronaldo replied] '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 said: 'Cristiano why have we come here, have we come here because we have a game tomorrow, or just for lunch?'.
"So that's why I would recommend to anyone when Cristiano invite you to his house, don't go.
"Just say no because this guy, he's a machine, he doesn't want to stop training."