That's one way to celebrate a £80million transfer... Ronaldo scores with newly-single Paris Hilton

They have plenty in common. Well OK, then, they both shave their legs and both are worth a fortune.

So it is perhaps not too surprising that departing Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo and socialite Paris Hilton are reportedly enjoying the first flushes of romance.

The perma-tanned Portuguese winger has been celebrating news that he has been snapped up by Real Madrid for the eye-watering sum of £80 million by hitting the town in Los Angeles with the American party queen.

Several celebrity websites in America claim the pair were intimately kissing.

One witness wrote: '[She was] hot and heavy, making out with Cristiano at his table.'

Another reported: 'They were talking to one another and seemed extremely friendly.'

They left at 3am going ostentatiously in separate directions, his entourage in a stretch Hummer and then the Hiltons in a people carrier, but not before Paris was overheard giving directions to someone on her mobile.

Ronaldo then arrived at her home alone in a taxi and hurried quickly inside, before leaving two hours later at 5am.