The footballer admitted that he liked all of the 22-year-old’s Hollyoaks co-stars and claimed that the romance is only “casual”.
A friend told The Sun: “Ronaldo insisted to team-mates he was a single man and things were casual with Gemma. He claimed he wasn’t settled on one Hollyoaks actress – he liked them all.”
Atkinson’s manager has insisted that the pair are still together.
Cristiano Ronaldo could be out of Manchester United’s trip to Fulham on Saturday… after kicking some water bottles in a huff.
The Portuguese winger, 22, was angry at being subbed after 67 minutes of United’s 1-0 win over Lille in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.
Ronaldo stormed over to the dugout, refused the offer of a tracksuit top and then kicked a pile of water bottles with his right foot. That is understood to have bruised his foot and he needed an ice pack on it while he sulked on the bench.
Ronaldo was given a precautionary cast to wear on the flight home.
He still had it on as he came through Manchester airport; and United boss Alex Ferguson will find out this lunchtime if the Portuguese star can play at the weekend.