Criatiano Ronaldo has stunned fans by announcing he had become the father of a baby boy and would be bringing the child up alone.

The Real Madrid winger, a flop with Portugal at the World Cup, is claimed to have sorted a financial deal out with his son's American mother,
wityh whom he had a brief affair last year.

Ronaldo posted the shock news on his Facebook page, writing: "It is with great joy and emotion that I inform I have recently become a father to a baby boy.

"As agreed with the baby's mother, who prefers to have her identity kept confidential, my son will be under my exclusive guardianship."