UFC star Conor McGregor has lumped thousands on Cristiano Ronaldo to win a second successive Golden Boot for Portugal at Euro 2024.
The 39-year-old is taking part in his 11th major tournament – and a record sixth European Championship.
Despite seemingly being in the twilight of his career, Ronaldo has been banging goals in for fun in Saudi Arabia for Al Nassr – finding the back of the net on 50 occasions across all competitions.
And he also fired Portugal to Euro 2024 having struck ten times in during their qualifying campaign.
Having been the top scorer at Euro 2020 with five strikes, McGregor, who watched the Day of Reckoning boxing bonanza alongside the Manchester United icon, has tipped Ronaldo to repeat his heroics.
Taking to Instagram, the Notorious has shared his betting slip predicting Ronaldo to take home the Golden Boot, having put 60,000 on him.
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it remains unknown whether the Irishman has made the bet using British Pound Sterling, Euros, or American Dollars.
But should he be successful in his bid, he stands to win a whopping 900,000 – an incredible sum in any denomination.
Captioning his post, he simply stated: “60 G’s on Cristiano to retain his Euro Golden Boot. Siuuu!”
Ronaldo started Portugal’s group F opener against Czech Republic, but he failed to get on the score sheet in their 2-1 victory.
Ronaldo and McGregor are known to be friends, with the pair seen enjoying a laugh in October 2023 ahead of Tyson Fury’s points win over Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia,
United fan McGregor also gushed over the five-time Ballon d’Or winner in an interview with the Red Devils’ website in 2021.
He remarked: “Cristiano is a phenomenal athlete, person, and entrepreneur.
“His all-round discipline, perfectionist attitude, and dedication to his craft is inspiring and he has inspired so many young children to play football.
“That is inspiring! We are both disciplined athletes at the top of our game.”
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