On Shayk-y ground: Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo ‘dumped model girlfriend Irina after she refused to attend his mother’s surprise birthday party’

Irina Shayk virtually ended her five-year relationship with football star Cristiano Ronaldo earlier this week when she unfollowed him on Twitter.

According to recent reports, the pair’s relationship worsened after model Irina declined to go to the unexpected 60th birthday celebration for the Real Madrid striker’s mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro.

Is it all over? Irina Shayk, 29, has fuelled rumours that she has broken up with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, 29, by publicly unfollowing him on Twitter.

The Russian beauty reportedly told her beau that she would not be attending the celebration in his home Madeira, and the resulting argument destroyed their romance, according to Portugal’s Correio da Manha.The publication was informed by a source that Cristiano wanted to surprise his mother. Since he had spent Christmas with Irina in Dubai, he had intended to see her on her birthday, but Irina refused to travel.He ended up spending New Year’s Eve alone with his son since they got into such a heated argument.

Family man: Cristiano was accomapnied by his mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, and his son, Cristiano Ronaldo Jr., as he received his third FIFA Ballon d'Or in Zurich, Switzerland, on Monday

When Irina bragged about Dolores, Ronaldo sided with him, mom. Since they hadn’t been getting along for a few months, it was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

The article further stated that Irina chose to stay in a hotel on one of her most recent excursions to Madrid because Dolores was at Cristiano’s opulent residence on the exclusive estate La Finca, where she joyfully watched her son win his third Ballon d’Or on Monday.

Raising concerns: According to reports, Cristiano's mother didn't believe that Irina was a suitable mother figure for her grandson

According to the source, “Dolores believes that Irina wasn’t the right woman for Ronaldo’s son.” She desired a person who would eventually take on Cristiano Jr.’s mother role. Irina didn’t think that was important.

Cristiano is raising his four-year-old son Cristiano Jr. with Dolores; the athlete has been extremely protective of his mother’s identity.

Cristiano Ronaldo (left) was without girlfriend Irina Shayk at the Ballon D'or ceremony on Monday