The Irish hunk and his 1D bandmates were reportedly invited to a
Real Madrid training session in exchange for concert tickets for
football manager Jose Mourinho's daughter.
Before meeting Ronaldo, the 'Best Song Ever' hitmaker actually
thought the 28-year-old sportsman would have an "attitude".
Niall Horan went to a Real Madrid training session last year (Dan
Jackman/WENN)
"That was a good day," Horan told The Sun. "José's a really nice
guy but I also couldn't believe how nice Cristiano Ronaldo was.
"I thought he was going to have attitude but he didn't - he's like
the joker of the team."
Cristiano Ronaldo is the "joker" of the team says 1D's Niall Horan
(Sean Thornton/WENN)
Meanwhile, One Direction have finally wrapped up their huge Take
Me Home world tour. The boys will now focus on their third
album, Midnight Memories, which will be available to buy later on
this month.
Their latest single 'Story Of My Life' from the album has already
taken the charts by storm this week.