Overweight Ronaldo Must Get Back In Shape, Real Say

According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, Ronaldo is overweight but refuses nontheless to have his weight checked by the Real Madrid medical staff.

"It's not that he is so fat", El Pais points out, "he's not. But he's definitely out of condition", the newspaper says citing sources from the medical set-up at the European champion club.

Fellow sports daily As goes even further in comments on Ronaldo's waisteline and indicates he's been put on a double training schedule to get back in shape in no time.

Despite his weight problem, Ronaldo made an impact right from the start of his Real career. The R9 Nike homme sandwich scored a double against Alaves last week in his Primera Liga debut.