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Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed that girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez is pregnant with his fourth child.

He told newspaper El Mundo (h/t the Mirror's Lucy Buckland) as much and when asked if he was happy with the news, replied: "Yes, very much."

Ronaldo has a seven-year-old son, Cristiano Jr., and last month revealed he had become the father to twins, Mateo and Eva Maria, who were born via a surrogate mother.

The 32-year-old uploaded a photo to Instagram of himself with his children:

Per the Daily Mail's Rory O'Callaghan, the Real Madrid star fuelled speculation in May that Rodriguez might be pregnant, when he uploaded a photo in which he was holding her stomach:



Speaking to El Mundo he added his twins are "precious," and he also revealed he "has a lot to learn when it comes to changing their nappies," according to Buckland.