Cristiano Ronaldo splashes £150,000 on plate

Cristiano Ronaldo has continued his phenomenal car spending spree by splashing out £150,000 – on a registration plate.

The Manchester United winger has forked out the massive amount on the registration plate ‘CR7’ denoting his initials and shirt number for United and Portugal.

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Ronaldo’s latest purchase again follows in the footsteps of United’s previous star number 7 – David Beckham.

When former England captain Beckham was at Old Trafford he bought himself an Aston Martin DB7 – and aptly chose the registration plate ‘DB7’

And Beckham – who has owned some of the world’s most exclusive cars – recently got his hands on a £350,000 Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.

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Ronaldo has followed suit, recently ordering a Phantom Drophead Coupe through luxury dealer Liquid 45.

The plate won’t be going on his convertible Rolls-Royce, but on his Bentley Continental GTC, according to The Sun newspaper.

Despite aged just 23, multi-millionaire superstar Ronaldo is fast gaining a reputation for being one of football’s biggest petrolheads.

Over the past few years, the £130,000-a-week winger has owned a Porsche Cayenne, Porsche 911 convertible, Ferrari F430, Audi R8 and BMW M6 alongside his Bentley.

It’s also believed Ronaldo is on the waiting list for an £830,000 Bugatti Veyron after being impressed with the car’s performance when he raced one for a Nike commercial.

While an enormous amount of money, the £150,000 paid for the plate ‘CR7’ is significantly less than the world record £7 million a  billionaire from the Middle-east paid for the plate ‘1’.

And Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has also been involved, splashing out £285,000 for the plate ‘VIP 1’.

Video: Watch footage of the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe in action