According to the very-reliable US Magazine, A-Rod confessed to a loose-lipped friend "six months ago" about his love for Jose Canseco's former Material Girl.

The friend told US, "He kept smiling, acting as if he was a little kid. He told me it was Madonna. I was shocked. [He] proceeded to say he was in love with her. I thought he was kidding, but he wasn't."

By February, according to the friend, "He said, 'She's my f--king soulmate, dude.'"