Cristiano Ronaldo is believed to have celebrated his engagement to long-time girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez by lavishing expensive gifts worth hundreds of thousands of pounds on the model and reality television star.
The Portugal superstar proposed to his partner of more than nine years with an eye-popping engagement ring this week, with Rodriguez commemorating the happy event with a post on Instagram which was captioned simply: ‘Yes, I do. In this and in all my lives’.
Ronaldo and Rodriguez share five children together, two of them – Alana and Bella – biologically, with the 31-year-old stepmother to Cristiano Jnr, and twins Mateo and Eva.
The 40-year-old has often sparked speculation that the couple had married in private, often referring to Rodriguez as his ‘wife’ at public events.
But Tuesday’s revelation put paid to rumours, with Ronaldo confirming his romantic declaration with a diamond worth an estimated several million pounds.
However, the Al-Nassr forward is not believed to have stopped there, opting to chase the ring with a number of other luxury presents.
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As per the Sun, Ronaldo is thought to have also gifted his new fiancee with a white electric Porsche Taycan, worth over £78,000.
Knowing her predilection for designer fashion, the former Manchester United man also purchased a number of items from French fashion houses Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton, including handbags and clothes totally over £25,000.
Ronaldo brought up his total spent on additional gifts to over a quarter-of-a-million pounds with two timepieces: a Patek Phillippe watch costing £42,000 and another Audemars Piguet watch worth £53,000.
The outlet revealed that a source close to the couple suggested Ronaldo’s extravagance stemmed from his long-running preparation for the proposal, and his desire to ‘make it so special for his special one.’
The source also hinted at a date for the wedding, with the nuptials believed to be planned for after next year’s World Cup in North America.
Due to the public nature of the relationship, the couple has discussed their bond openly a number of times, with Rodriguez poking fun at her unmarried status in an episode of her reality television show.
‘(My friends are) always joking about the wedding,’ Rodriguez admitted on the Netflix programme. ‘”When is the wedding?”
‘Since Jennifer Lopez’s song “The Ring Or When” came out, they started singing it to me. And well, this is not up to me.’
Ronaldo added in his own interview: ‘I always tell her, “when we get that click”. Like everything with our life, and she knows what I’m talking about.
‘It could be a year, or it could be six months, or it could be in a month. I’m 1000 per cent sure it will happen.’
Rodriguez has been gifted a number of rings over the course of their courtship, further teasing the couple’s relationship status.
Ronaldo and Rodriguez are believed to be celebrating their engagement in her native Spain, with the latter sharing a number of pictures on social media of the player relaxing with his family on board his luxury yacht.
