Former Real Madrid Defender Pepe Slept In Bed With His Mum Until He Was 17

Although he's been capped 123 times for Portugal, Pepe grew up in Brazil and moved country to further his football career in his late teens.

And while he had developed physically, he still required a great amount of love and attention from his mum.

"I was already big and I slept with my parents, so I imagine my father did not like to have me there [laughs].

"This is interesting: the other day I was talking to my mother and she was telling me that I really liked to run my hand through her hair and I told her that maybe I already knew it would be too much time away from her."

Pepe signed for Maritimo and made 64 appearances for the club before joining Porto for the first time, winning back-to-back league titles.

After a spell with Besiktas in Turkey, the 39-year-old now finds himself back at Porto, captaining the side to a league and cup double in 2019/20.

His most recent came after the final whistle at the end of Porto vs Sporting, with a total of four player seeing red.

But even with all that, like a lot of us, he was still mollycoddled by his mum.