Ronaldo has world at his feet – for now

Friday 21 May 2010 19:00 EDT

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The world's most expensive footballer casts a giant shadow in Portugal in the run-up to the World Cup, where he will captain the national side, but shoppers yesterday in a Lisbon mall looked generally unimpressed at the new 30ft statue of the £80m man.

England can only hope the real thing will be as leaden-footed in South Africa.

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