SOCCER GIST: Gareth Bale Loves My New Designer Pants - CR7

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that his Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale can’t get enough of his new designer pants.

The Portuguese pin-up has released a new range of CR7 underwear, and says he dished out a pair to every member of his club.

‘They saw [the pictures] today because I gave them all a pair of boxers,’ the 28-year-old said. ‘A few [of his team-mates] said: “Oh, really nice – you’re looking good.”

‘Bale was there and he said, “Yeah, looking good”. He’s such a fantastic boy. Fabio Coentrao also mentioned that he liked them. Pepe actually put them on as soon as I gave them too him. He said: “You’ll have to send me more.”’

Ronaldo’s road to fashion icon has been a colourful one, and the forward admits he wasn’t always such a style hit.

He told Shortlist magazine: ‘I see pictures of myself when I was 16 or 17 and I say: “What did I do?” When I was in Manchester I had the spaghetti hair – long with yellow tips. What was I doing?’

When quizzed over former team-mate Wayne Rooney’s new locks, Ronaldo was as scathing as he was complimentary.

‘[Wayne Rooney] has his own style,’ he reflected. ‘But with his hair he looks much better. He looks very good now. Before he was a little bit ugly, but now, with hair, he’s beautiful.’