RON'S NEW LOVE - EL BEAUT WHO COULD TEMPT RON TO SPAIN
WATCH out, Fergie this is the TV beauty who will finally entice football ace Cristiano Ronaldo away from Manchester United to Spain.
Gorgeous Letizia Filippi has captured the wing wizard’s heart after they shared a romantic dinner on a private yacht.
The Old Trafford ace is so besotted with Letizia Filippi he could sign for Real Madrid to be with her in Spain.
The news will be a hammer-blow to United fans who were convinced their Portuguese hero would stay at the club.
And it will spark fury from Reds boss Sir Alex Ferguson, 66, whose priority all summer has been to stop his star player leaving United.
But he may be powerless after the player fell for Letizia when Real star Fabio Cannavaro, 34, invited them and Ronaldo’s then lover Nereida Gallardo to dinner on his yacht in Capri. Sources close to the player suggest he and Nereida, 25, are now history – and one Italian paper reported that Letizia “fixed him with a gaze that melted him like an icicle in the sun and he, totally overwhelmed, immediately gave her his phone number”.
When asked about the player, sexy Letizia reportedly said: “We had a dinner together with friends. It’s not bad knowing Ronaldo.” Italian Letizia, 30, who is a big star on Spanish TV, has dated a string of high-profile sportsmen since finding fame aged 16 in the Miss Italy beauty contest.
Her conquests include skier Alberto Tomba, 41, bike ace Loris Capirossi, 34 and former Parma footballer Massimo Crippa, 42.
But Ronaldo also has a pretty impressive track record, having also been linked with Portuguese TV host Merche Romero, 31, Bollywood star Bipasha Basu, 29, ex-Hollyoaks honey Gemma Atkinson, 23, and Brazilian beauty Jordana Jardel, 22.
He was also recently snapped with a mystery brunette on holiday in Los Angeles but when an Italian paper asked Letizia if it was her, she replied: “I wasn’t there. I was with my mum.”
Letizia’s mobile was yesterday answered by her pal Monica, who giggled: “She can’t talk, she’s busy.”
But Letizia’s agent said: “She and Ronaldo are very, very good friends. They met in Capri when they were both on holiday and they have stayed in touch. It’s all in the very early stages.
“She wasn’t with him in LA but she is due to go out there very shortly.”
One Italian TV source said: “Letizia is very pretty and very sporty – in the sense that she always seems to date sportsmen.”