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Ronaldo celebrates reaching 400m Instagram followers

Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, has expressed his appreciation to his fans after becoming the first person to reach 400 million followers on Instagram.

The 37-year-old Portuguese star currently has 404 million followers on Instagram.

Celebrating the feat, Ronaldo shared a video on the platform for his supporters which included his famous ‘Siuuu’ celebration while wearing a £2,000 grey cashmere Dior jumper.

The Portuguese superstar, who thanked his fans for helping him to achieve the feat, said: “Hi guys, 400 million… wow. What a number. Now I can say ‘Siuuu!’

“It’s fantastic, what a moment for me. Without you none of this is possible. From the bottom of my heart I have to say thank you.

“Let’s keep going like that. I will share my life with you, all the things with you because you deserve it.

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“Thank you very much and let’s go for another 100, 200 million. Thank you guys.”

Ronaldo, a former Real Madrid, Juventus and Sporting Lisbon player, is 92 million followers ahead of the second most-followed person on Instagram, US model and TV personality, Kylie Jenner, with 312 million followers.

The Portuguese superstar is 96 million Instagram followers ahead of long-term Ballon d’Or rival, Lionel Messi.

Messi, who is the third most-followed person on Instagram, has 308 million followers.

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