Glamour model Rhian Sugden force to warn Cristiano Ronaldo over 'Crazy late-night texts' (Details, pics)

Rhian Sugden was reportedly forced to fend off Cristiano Ronaldo after he 'bombarded' her with late-night messages.

The glamour model, 31, became friends with the dad-of-four, 32, on the London party scene - but he has been barraging her with texts since since leaving Real Madrid in 2009, sources claimed. The Portuguese striker would allegedly send the lingerie star texts from his hotel asking her to ring him on Facebook messenger.

According to The Sun, the footballer texted Rhian: 'I will call in one hour if you send a number be private number. Im at my hotel (sic).'

She allegedly replied: 'I'm just about to pick my fella up from work and then we are going for drinks. I don't think he'd approve of me talking to you at 11pm.'

Rhian, who is engaged to Oliver Mellor, 36, was reportedly left alone after her fiance sent Cristiano - who has baby girl Alana Martina with girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez - a warning to back off. 'Ronaldo bombards Rhian with messages periodically,' a source told the paper.'

They're friendly enough, but sometimes turn a bit weird. She's mentioned several times that she has a fiance, but he doesn't seem to take notice.'

'In the end, Oliver found out and sent Ronaldo a polite message asking him to back off. Since then Ronaldo has deleted the conversations.

'The insider also alleged that Rhian hasn't heard a 'peep' out of the striker since and is 'pleased' with the silence. Rhian has been happily engaged to former Coronation Street star Oliver Mellor since 2014, after he proposed in front of a packed audience at the Manchester Opera House.

Rhian first came to the forefront when she went public with several racy messages sent by married TV presenter Vernon Kay in 2010.The 43-year-old was famously forced to make an apology to his wife Tess Daly on BBC Radio 1 following the sexting scandal.

Vernon went on to promise live on air that he would no longer contact Rhian or the four other women he had been caught messaging at the time.