Ronaldo and his sms dump

Star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo's ex-girlfriend has branded him a coward for dumping her by sending a text message. The Man U playmaker, recently linked to a string of other girls, didn't even call Spanish beauty Nereida Gallardo to end their seven-month relationship, she claims.

Nereida, 24, says the $80 million star was an impressive lover and she was devastated when she got his text. "He is very good in bed. That's why I was with him," she said. "We had sex the first night we met."

Speaking about their romance for the first time, she said, "I was upset by the way he finished the relationship, which to me seems 100 per cent cowardly. He is very immature." Nereida blames Ronaldo's mum Dolores for the break-up.