New Cristiano Ronaldo statue has the world giggling
Updated | By Kriya Gangiah
Even though this is not the first statue erected in his honour, sculptors still can't get it right.

Cristiano Ronaldo may be the highest paid footballer of 2016/2017, but he still can't get a life-like statue of himself made.
We all know what the famous footballer looks like, but the sculptor of his latest statue really struggled to get his distinctive features on point.
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The statue was unveiled at the Madeira Airport, which has now been renamed Cristiano Ronaldo Airport, and the internet went absolutely crazy.
Don't believe us? What do you think of "Giraffe Ronaldo"?
I think the one thing that's been missed in all this Ronaldo bust biz is just how loNG THE NECK IS pic.twitter.com/6C69nSmKje
— Chris Deeley (@ThatChris1209) March 29, 2017
When you send the statue guy a picture of Niall Quinn instead of Cristiano Ronaldo #Awkward 😂 pic.twitter.com/0VR8qPskVF
— Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker) March 29, 2017
I don't know what you're talking about guys, I think the Ronaldo statue looks pretty good pic.twitter.com/JIUwQBuqUY
— keewa (@keewa) March 29, 2017
That new Ronaldo statue is amazing. So life like pic.twitter.com/deWe1dDhik
— Manoli (@xM20x) March 29, 2017
Ronaldo statue: The Gentlemen from Buffy The Vampire Slayer with hair pic.twitter.com/xRpVpHufHB
— Lars Pollmann (@LarsPollmann) March 29, 2017
For a very handsome man, Ronaldo has had some appalling luck with statue-makers pic.twitter.com/M74YEDng4c
— Tom Williams (@tomwfootball) March 29, 2017
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