A married mother of two has stepped forward to
reveal her identity as of one of the three
McDonald’s ladies that offered hungry Cristiano
Ronaldo burgers as a youngster.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner commenced a
search for Edna and two other McDonald’s workers
during an interview with Piers Morgan on ITV early
in the week.
Ronaldo went on to recount how he joined other
teammates at his boyhood club Sporting Lisbon to
‘visit’ a McDonald outlet near the stadium, and were
usually offered food by Edna and “ two other girls”,
but never set eyes on them again.
The 34-year-old hinted he was looking forward to
have them come over Turin or Lisbon for dinner.
Interestingly, on Thursday, September 19, Paula
Leca stepped forward to accept the footie star
dinner invite, claiming she he was one of the three
McDonald’s ladies.
“They would appear in front of the restaurant and
when there were hamburgers left over our manager
would give us permission to hand them over,” The
Mirror report quoted her as saying to Portuguese
radio station Renascenca, even as she quickly
added.
“One of the boys was Cristiano Ronaldo who was
perhaps the most timid of them all. This happened
almost every night each week.
“I still laugh about it all now. I had already told my
son about it but he thought it was a fib because he
couldn’t imagine his mum ever giving Cristiano
Ronaldo a hamburger.
“My husband already knew about it, because
sometimes he would go to pick me up from work at
night and he also saw him.
“It’s funny to go back now to something that
happened so long ago. It shows his humility. At
least now people know this wasn’t an invention.
“If he invited me out for dinner, I’d go for sure. The
first thing I’d do would be to say thank you and
during the meal we would have time to remember
those times.”
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