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Cristiano Ronaldo's SON is unveiled as a Manchester United academy player and will follow in his father's footsteps by wearing the famous No 7 shirt... as talented 11-year-old is pictured alongside fellow wonderkid Gabriel

Cristiano Ronaldo Jr has followed in the footsteps of his superstar father by putting pen to paper at Manchester United, and he will also wear the hallowed No 7 shirt.

The 11-year-old has played for the club's academy on a number of occasions over recent months, after Ronaldo Sr sealed his Old Trafford homecoming.

And now, he has officially signed a professional deal with United.

Cristiano Ronaldo's son has been unveiled as an academy player at Manchester United

The initial announcement, bizarrely, came from his fellow academy starlet Gabriel on Instagram, after the duo penned their terms at the same time.