Ronaldo becomes football's first billionaire, says report

VIDEO SHOWS: FILE FOOTAGE OF CRISTIANO RONALDO FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LISBON, PORTUGAL (FILE – AUGUST 7, 2003) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL – CRISTIANO RONALDO PLAYING FOR SPORTING LISBON SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE – JULY 19, 2007) (REUTERS – Access all) 2. CRISTIANO RONALDO PLAYING IN PRACTICE MATCH FOR MANCHESTER UNITED MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE – MAY 20, 2008) (REUTERS – Access all) 3. MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER ALEX FERGUSON WATCHING PLAYERS TRAIN BEFORE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 4. RONALDO AND PAUL SCHOLES TRAINING MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE – MAY 21, 2008) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 5. STILL – CRISTIANO RONALDO SCORING TO PUT MANCHESTER UNITED 1-0 UP IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AGAINST CHELSEA 6. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING 7. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING WITH CLUB CAPTAIN GARY NEVILLE 8. STILL – MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM WITH TROPHY NEUCHATEL, SWITZERLAND (FILE – JUNE 14, 2008) (REUTERS – Access all) 9. CLOSE UP CRISTIANO RONALDO TRAINING WITH PORTUGAL 10. TRAINING SESSION PARIS, FRANCE (FILE – DECEMBER 7, 2008) (TF1 – Access all) 11. VARIOUS OF RONALDO BEING PRESENTED WITH THE BALLON D'OR MADID, SPAIN (FILE – JULY 6, 2009) (REUTERS – Access all) 12. RONALDO ARRIVES IN BERNABEU FOR UNVEILING AT REAL MADRID 13. RONALDO EMBRACED BY REAL PRESIDENT FIORENTINO PEREZ, REAL LEGEND ALFREDO DI STEFANO AND FORMER PORTUGAL STAR EUSEBIO MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – AUGUST 19, 2010) (REUTERS – Access all) 14. REAL MADRID PLAYERS TRAINING AT VALDEBEBAS GROUND 15. RONALDO TRAINING WITH REAL MADRID 16. MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO WALKING MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – MAY 3, 2012) (REUTERS – Access all) 17. REAL MADRID, AFTER WINNING LA LIGA, ON BUS ARRIVING AT CIBELES FOUNTAIN 18. FANS 19. RONALDO CELEBRATING WITH OTHER REAL PLAYERS MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – MAY 28, 2016) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 20. STILLS – RONALDO SCORING PENALTY TO WIN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AGAINST ATLETICO MADRID 21. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING 22. STILL – REAL MADRID TEAM MATES CELEBRATING 23. STILL – REAL MADRID WITH CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY MADRID, SPAIN (FILE – MAY 30, 2016) (REUTERS – Access all) 24. INSIDE OF BERNABEU STADIUM 25. VARIOUS OF RONALDO CELEBRATING SAINT-DENIS, FRANCE (FILE – JULY 10, 2016) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 26. STILL – RONALDO LIFTING THE EURO 2016 TROPHY AND CELEBRATING WITH TEAM MATES 27. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING ON THE PITCH 28. STILL – PORTUGAL SQUAD CELEBRATING ON THE PITCH AND POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS FUNCHAL, PORTUGAL (FILE – MARCH 27, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 29. VARIOUS OF PLANE CARRYING PORTUGAL'S NATIONAL TEAM LANDING AT FUNCHAL AIRPORT 30. RONALDO AND PEPE COMING OUT OF PLANE WITH EURO CUP / SHOWING IT TO FANS CARDIFF, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JUNE 2, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 31. REAL MADRID PLAYERS ON PITCH 32. REAL COACH ZINEDINE ZIDANE 33. CRISTIANO RONALDO AT TRAINING SESSION CARDIFF, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JUNE 3, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 34. STILL – RONALDO SCORING FIRST GOAL IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL AGAINST JUVENTUS 35. STILL – RONALDO CELEBRATING 36. STILL – RONALDO SCORING HIS SECOND OF THE NIGHT (REAL'S THIRD) 37. STILL – REAL CAPTAIN SERGIO RAMOS LIFTING CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY CARDIFF, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – JUNE 3, 2017) (REUTERS – Access all) 38. RONALDO AND HIS FORMER MANAGER AT MANCHESTER UNITED ALEX FERGUSON WITH MAN OF THE MATCH AWARD TURIN, ITALY (FILE – JULY 16, 2018) (REUTERS – Access all) 39. RONALDO AT PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER SIGNING FOR JUVENTUS 40. MEDIA 41. RONALDO WITH JUVENTUS SHIRT RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FILE – DECEMBER 21, 2019) (REUTERS – Access all) 42. RONALDO, TRAINING AMONG JUVENTUS TEAM MATES 43. PLAYERS IN CIRCLE PASSING BALL 44. RONALDO PASSING BALL BERN, SWITZERLAND (FILE – SEPTEMBER 13, 2021) (REUTERS – Access all) 45. RONALDO WALKS ON TO PITCH FOR TRAINING SESSION AFTER RESIGNING FOR MANCHESTER UNITED 46. MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER 47. RONALDO JOGGING WITH MANCHESTER UNITED SQUAD RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FILE – JANUARY 3, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 48. AL NASSR STRIKER, CRISTIANO RONALDO, WALKING ONTO MRSOOL PARK 49. CROWD WITH FLARES AT MRSOOL PARK 50. RONALDO WAVING TO THE CROWD RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (FILE – JANUARY 19, 2023) (REUTERS – Access all) 51. INSIDE OF STADIUM 52. VARIOUS OF RONALDO WARMING UP MUNICH, GERMANY (FILE – JUNE 7, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 53. RONALDO JOGGING AT PORTUGAL TRAINING 54. RONALDO WARMING UP MUNICH, GERMANY (FILE – JUNE 9, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 55. VARIOUS (TWO) STILLS OF RONALDO LIFTING UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE TROPHY 56. STILL OF RONALDO CELEBRATING WITH PORTUGAL FORWARDS, JOAO FELIX, AND FRANCISCO CONCEICAO STORY: TO FOLLOW

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