They have plenty in common. Well OK, then, they both shave their legs and both are worth a fortune.

So it is perhaps not too surprising that departing Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo and socialite Paris Hilton are reportedly enjoying the first flushes of romance.

The perma-tanned Portuguese winger has been celebrating news that he has been snapped up by Real Madrid for the eye-watering sum of $130 million by hitting the town in Los Angeles with the American party queen.

Ronaldo, 24, who is single, ‘hung out’ with the newly-single hotel heiress and her younger sister Nicky at the MyHouse nightclub in LA well into the early hours of Thursday morning.

The trio then carried on partying back at Nicky’s plush home in West Hollywood.

Witnesses at the club claim Ronaldo and Paris – who broke up from boyfriend Doug Reinhardt just 24 hours earlier – were seen talking flirtatiously with one another in a VIP area and used bodyguards to block them from the sight of others. They also swapped numbers.

Several celebrity websites in America claim the pair were intimately kissing.
One witness wrote: ‘[She was] hot and heavy, making out with Cristiano at his table.’

Another reported: ‘They were talking to one another and seemed extremely friendly.’

They left at 3am going ostentatiously in separate directions, his entourage in a stretch Hummer and then the Hiltons in a people carrier, but not before Paris was overheard giving directions to someone on her mobile.
Ronaldo then arrived at her home alone in a taxi and hurried quickly inside, before leaving two hours later at 5am