CRISTIANO RONALDO SET TO RECEIVE £20 MILLION FOR NOT APPEARING IN A MOVIE HE WAS SET TO FEATURE IN

Cristiano Ronaldo is set to receive 20 million euros for not appearing in Martin Scorsese's new film The Manipulator.


The Real Madrid star had been set to make his Hollywood debut, but had to be dropped after Alessandro Proto, an Italian billionaire who the said movie carries him as a character and who Ronaldo was to play, disagreed.


In principle, the 30-year-old was expected to receive 10million for being ditched at the last minute, but at the player's insistence, his lawyers have eventually doubled that figure.

Ronaldo's purchase of an apartment in New York last month was reportedly due to the fact he had landed this role.
"Ronaldo is a great player, but that doesn't mean he is the king of the world," Proto said.


"I don't want him in a film about my life. Martin Scorsese is in agreement with me. Cristiano Ronaldo is not going to be in the film.


"I am sorry if he doesn't feel valued, but in life you win some and you lose some. If I really have to give him 20 million euros, I will give it to him with my own hands."


Proto, an Italian millionaire, is reportedly the man whose life depicts what's written in the book "50 Shades of Grey"
Channing Tatum is now tipped to take on the lead role, with Alessandra Ambrosio playing the female lead role.