Cristiano Ronaldo's family are planning a huge get-together in Manchester this Christmas.
The Manchester United striker’s Brazil-based sister Katia Aveiro has revealed that they are organising a festive season reunion in a question and answer social media session with fans.
The singer-turned-influencer, who ended up in hospital after going down with Covid earlier this year, said when asked what she’d be doing at Christmas: “If this mad world and the variants all over the place let me, it will be in Manchester God willing.”
Katia is expected to travel from her home in southern Brazil with her husband and two children.
Her siblings Hugo and Elma and their mum Dolores will all also make the journey, from the family’s native Madeira.
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It is not yet known if they will be joined by relatives of Cristiano’s partner, Georgina Rodriguez.
The 27-year-old is pregnant with twins and her sister Ivana is also expecting her first child with her painter and sculptor partner Carlos Garcia.
Dad-of-four Cristiano, sixth in Monday night’s Ballon d’Or awards which saw Lionel Messi win the prestigious award for a record seventh time, spent last Christmas soaking up the sun in Dubai with his girlfriend.
As well as winding down during a break in his busy football calendar while he was still at Juventus, he attended the Dubai Globe Soccer Awards where he was voted Player of the Century.
His stunning partner turned heads in a figure-hugging red dress. Cristiano’s eldest son Cristianinho also attended the event.
But that certanly won't be the case this year, as the reality of his Premier League return hits.
United’s festive season games, which see the Red Devils play Newcastle on December 27 and Burnley three days later, mean the Portuguese superstarr will have to go without his normal Christmas sunshine break... something which has been a regular occurrence in recent years.
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Georgina has already been posting photos on social media showing the frost-covered garden of their Cheshire home.
She wrote over one she published yesterday morning/on Monday morning on her Instagram : “8am and minus three degrees Celsius."
Ronaldo blasted France Football supremo Pascal Ferre ahead of the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday night after he claimed the United striker’s only ambition was to end his career with more trophies than Messi.
Cristiano posted a long statement on his Instagram accusing Ferre, one of the organisers of the prestigious award, of “lying and using his name to promote the publication he works for.”
