Why Cristiano Ronaldo’s engagement raised eyebrows


After he signed with Al Nassr, Ronaldo had moved to Riyadh with his fiancee Rodríguez and their children. — AP

IT was hardly a surprise that the engagement announcement of Cristiano Ronaldo, the global soccer superstar, was accompanied by a photograph of a diamond the size of a jumbo olive.

The location tagged in the Instagram post, however – published by his partner of nine years, model and influencer Georgina Rodríguez – raised eyebrows. The photo of her bedazzled hand was not shared from Paris, Bora Bora or Dubai, but from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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