Irina Shayk removes all trace of Cristiano Ronaldo from social media as things hot up with Bradley Cooper

Russian beauty Irina Shayk has dropped another hint about her blossoming relationship with Bradley Cooper by erasing her superstar ex from her life.

The Victoria’s Secret model first sparked rumours of a split from Cristiano Ronaldo by unfollowing her ex on Twitter at the start of the year.

Now she gone one step further and wiped all traces of the Real Madrid striker from her social networking sites.

Irina’s decision to clear her Facebook and Instagram accounts of picture reminders of their five-year love affair comes after she was snapped kissing Hollywood actor Bradley during a night out in New York last week.

The 40-year-old recently confirmed he had split from British beauty Suki Waterhouse after two years together.

Irina, 29, confirmed her break-up from Ronaldo in January and subsequently claimed in a Spanish magazine interview her perfect man would be “faithful and honest” and confessed to feeling “ugly and insecure” alongside the wrong man.

The frank admissions fuelled rumours she had dumped Cristiano, 30, over alleged infidelities.

Brazilian model Andressa Urach claimed during the couple’s five year relationship that the footballer had cheated on Irina with her.

Cristiano accused Urach, 27, of “pure fiction and forgery” when she made her allegations in April 2013.

While Irina has erased her pictures of Cristiano from her social networking sites, her ex has not taken any down.

One of the last pictures taken together of them - during a December 2014 holiday in Dubai with friends and family - still takes pride of place on his Facebook page along with a photo of them enjoying a romantic meal together a couple of months earlier.

A source close to the footballer, who still has photos of his ex on display at his museum on his native island of Madeira, said last night: “Ronaldo is very clear on this issue. He and Irina were in love for several years so why should he erase her from his life!”

American Sniper star Bradley was spotted strolling arm in arm with Irina and laughing as they made their way to a performance of Broadway show Hamilton.

The Russian model rested her head on newly-single Bradley’s shoulder before he pulled her in for a string of steamy clinches.

The pair went to another Broadway show, Gary Barlow’s Finding Neverland, in April but avoided being pictured.

Bradley - about to star in the Elephant Man on the West End - split from British Burberry model Suki Waterhouse, 22, two months ago. (Mirror)