Cristiano Ronaldo & GF Thongin' Out in Ibiza

Here's Cristiano Ronaldo and his smoking hot model girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, showing off their insane, hairless physiques in Spain ... proving once again CR7 is winning at life. The couple jetted over to Ibiza on a private jet and posted up at a pool at a very expensive luxury resort -- each wearing very tiny bathing suits. Ronaldo seems to be trying to relax before Real Madrid takes on Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday ... and it seems like he's doing a good job.

Paul Merson sends message to Man United fans about re-signing Cristiano Ronaldo

Writing in his Daily Star column about Ronaldo’s possible return to Manchester United in the summer, Merson poured cold water on talk of the Portugal international re-signing for Manchester United. “One thing jumps out at you when you watch the Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo is never coming back to the Premier League. He’s 32 and that ship has sailed. I still can’t warm to him, though. “I find him quite selfish. If he’s not scored, he’s not interested. When one of his team-mates scores, he rarely rushes to congratulate them. I’m not surprised some Real fans whistle him. “I’ve watched Ronaldo a lot lately and at times he’s not brought much to the party. Then he scores a hat-trick in a Champions League semi-final, so you have to hand it to him.” Paul Merson has rubbished talk of Manchester United re-signing Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the season. The Portugal captain moved to Real Madrid from Manchester United in an £80m deal under Sir Alex Ferguson in the 2009 summer transfer window. Ronaldo won three Premier League titles, the Champions League trophy, three League Cups and two FA Cups during his spell at Old Trafford. The 32-year-old has scored an incredible 399 goals in 389 appearances in all competition for los Blancos during his eight-year stay in the Spanish capital. Ronaldo has been linked with a return to Manchester United at various points throughout his Real Madrid career but a transfer has failed to materialist.

Stephen Hunt: Hard work the secret of Ronaldo's success

MARCUS HAHNEMANN was our goalkeeper at Reading in the Premier League. He was not young, he had worked hard to get to the best league in the world. And when he was not happy, everyone knew about it. Marcus was a big lad, an American ‘keeper, and a very driven man. He was obsessed with his training; having the right gear, all the equipment, the goalmouths and the preparations had to be spot on and there should be no distractions. The Premier League was new to us all and in the first six months, we wanted to make the best of it, enjoy it and embrace it. And as time went on, we started to make more demands and expect more from the club because of the level we were playing at, and the opponents we were facing every week. One day in that first season, Marcus was going bananas on the training ground because the balls were not pumped up properly. He was shouting and bellowing that the balls were flat and he started kicking them left, right and centre off the training pitch so they were landing in the car park, over hedges and around the buildings. Steve Coppell always preferred to avoid confrontation but obviously it is very difficult to ignore a big roaring goalkeeper booting balls around the training ground. Perhaps because he’d come from America, where he told us training ground standards are perfect in schools and colleges and clubs, he set his own standards very high. Marcus was late to the Premier League and didn’t want to waste a single day. I think when you’ve taken a longer route to get to the top, as many of us had in that Reading team, you take the view that you’ve earned it so you want everything to be perfect. http://cdn-02.independent.ie/incoming/article35689086.ece/25443/BINARY/cristiano.jpg During that first season, there was so much around the club that was enjoyable. Going into the gym before training was enjoyable and everyone wanted to improve, not least the club. So it was exciting to listen to the plans for the training ground as we all strived to move forward. We all wanted to work in the new weights room when it was ready and play and train on the new pitches. And when the ice baths came in, we were all diving in to use them. There was a buzz and excitement around the squad, and you felt part of an adventure. And the more that was offered, the more we wanted. It’s like when you pick that Titleist Pro V1 out of the bag on the first tee. You know it is a brand new, top quality ball and it gives you a little extra confidence before you hit it because you know it’s one of the best golf balls. Footballers feel like that about their preparations and training. I have been to many training grounds around the world and it is no surprise that Real Madrid’s is up there with the very best. It is everything you would expect for one of the game’s biggest clubs, and more. The Real Madrid players must love going to work. From the moment someone like Cristiano Ronaldo arrives at the training ground, I imagine he’s waited on, hand and foot. His car will be driven away and cleaned if required, he’ll have someone there to put his flip-flops on, hold his protein shakes, have his training gear ready. And he’ll have that care and attention until he goes home for the day. It has to motivate a player like him to train hard every day because it is soon taken away from you. It is not all about wages and cars and big houses. Being treated like a world class footballer has to drive the players at a club like Real Madrid. Can you imagine working hard throughout your young life to reach that level of the game, and to be looked after and almost pampered every day by one of the greatest clubs in the world? Every one of them had to fight and sweat to get there.

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON CRISTIANO EVERYWHERE

In a week where his old man banged in another hat-trick to all but seal a place for Real Madrid in the final of this year's Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr. also got himself a treble of his own. Only a few weeks after the 32-year-old showed off his son's set piece ability... another Instagram post from him showed the youngster finding the back of the net once again. Allowing himself one touch to control the goalkeeper's attempted clearance, Ronaldo Jr. chips the ball over his head, a goal which - according to his dad - contributed to his hat-trick. javascript:; javascript:;

zidane praises James Rodriguez for perfect performance scoring two goals last night

"James has always been committed, always there, trying to do the best possible, the same as the others," said Zidane. "Granada are in difficulties, and if we begin the game as we did it is normal that they will have more problems. "When you score after two minutes, it makes the game easier. But not easy for Granada, when you've nothing to play for it is http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/GOAL/3f/f6/james-rodriguez-real-madrid-granada-laliga-06052017_j3b0ase4clrm1te0el3wqutch.jpg?t=-549781677difficult." Zidane praised his team's freshness after nine months of toil at home and abroad but urged them to be on their mettle despite holding a 3-0 advantage over Atleti before Wednesday's second leg at the Vicente Calderon.

zidane comes out to defend his opinion towards keeping Ronaldo fresh read full details

Zidane confirms Ronaldo rotation policy for Real Madrid boss admitted he is intentionally sitting the Portugal superstar in an attempt to keep him fresh in the club's hunt for titles Real Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane is leaving Cristiano Ronaldo out of away games in order to keep his star man fresh for the fight for titles on all fronts. Ronaldo sat out his fourth consecutive La Liga away game at relegated Granada, as James Rodriguez and Alvaro Morata hit first-half braces in a comfortable 4-0 win that keeps Madrid level with Barcelona at the summit. Four-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo has hit back-to-back Champions League hat-tricks against Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid since last travelling away domestically to Athletic Bilbao in March. Real Madrid have so much more than MSN And, with the return leg against Atleti in midweek, Zidane suggested he has a policy that is paying dividends. Asked at a post-match news conference whether the 32-year-old was being left out of away games to give him a greater amount of rest, Zidane replied: "Yes."