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19th Oct 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo will earn €20million for an absolutely bonkers reason

Some people have all the luck...

Carl Kinsella

Well for some.

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best paid athletes on the planet, and to be fair to the man, he entertains millions with his glorious talent.

But there are some things we can’t help but be bitterly jealous about.

Turns out that Martin Scorsese’s new film, The Manipulator, will be using CR7’s penthouse apartment in New York as a shooting location – and paying him €20million for the privilege.

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The movie is based on the life of Italian millionaire Alessandro Potro, the man who supposedly inspired the 50 Shades of Grey books. Ronaldo was originally meant to have a role in the movie before Potro aggressively said no to the idea…

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