
Real Madrid8217;s Brazilian star Ronaldo and his wife of four years Milene Domingues are in the process of divorcing, his spokesman Rodrigo Paiva said. 8216;8216;The relationship between the two has deteriorated for some time8217;8217;, Paiva told the Agencia Brasil news agency yesterday.
He said that though the couple continued to live under the same roof and shared the same room, they 8216;8216;no longer had a husband-wife relationship8217;8217;.
A Rio tabloid carried a photograph of Real Madrid player David Aganzo, who is currently on loan to second division Levante, and claimed that he was having a relationship with Domingues.
Paiva denied the report and said in the event of a separation the couple8217;s three-year-old son Ronald would remain with his mother.
Ronaldo, 27, the current World Player of the Year, is training with the world champions in Brazil before 2006 World Cup qualifiers against Peru on Sunday followed by Uruguay on Wednesday.
Domingues, 26, has played club football since the age of 14, and holds the world record for keepie-uppies 55,187 touches in nine hours and six minutes. The couple married in December 1999.