Ronaldo - O Fenomeno

Ronaldo was with his team mates at Milanello yesterday and had this to say about his current situation.

“I’m better, the worst is over, I have no pain anymore, and now I’m able to walk better. There’s not much time before I can stop using my crutches within the established times,” said Ronaldo.

“It’s nice to be back here at Milanello and seeing all my friends, and it’s a good thing that I don’t feel any pain.”

He also stated that their is a good chance that he might return to the pitch.

“For now it’s early to talk about a decision, but I’m preparing for this great mission which is to get back to playing again.”

Ronaldo landed in Linate airport at 12:20 today. He left immediately in a car with girlfriend Maria Beatriz and Milan’s manager Leonardo.

The striker managed to wave to journalist and raised his thumb to reassure everyone that he is doing well.

Ronaldo then headed into Milanello to visit his team mates and coach. There he discussed his long rehabilitation and got a chance to catch up with the Milan staff.

Ronaldo’s will need to return to Paris on the 24th of this month and then he will head to Madrid to celebrate his son’s birthday before heading to Brazil to complete his rehabilitation.

Ronaldo was with Inter Milan for five years and majority of that time was spent on the bench due to injury. When Ronaldo moved from Barcelona to Inter Milan he made an instant impact and lead the team to a UEFA Cup in 1998 scoring in the final against Lazio.

In that year it was the biggest signing ever. Ronaldo had a clause stating that he could not leave Barcelona and if he did it would be an immense fee.

This is the reason why Moratti believes Ronaldo was the best signing ever and second because he was the best striker ever.

“I really liked the signing of Ronaldo because no one expected it,” Moratti told Sky Sport Italia.

“Nobody thought that he could be signed. He had a clause in his contract which stated he could leave but the fee was very high.”

“There was a time when it seemed that he had agreed with Barcelona to stay. I remember however one morning I was travelling to Padova when I receieved a call.”

“It was Ronaldo and he said, ‘I have fallen out with Barcelona, I am coming to Inter.”

However, this came to an end when Ronaldo moved to Real Madrid in 2002. This was again the biggest move of the season and it was said that then coach Hector Cuper was the reason for Ronaldo’s move to Madrid.

This is however not true as stated by Moratti.

“No it was not because Cuper wanted to get rid of Ronaldo, it was Ronaldo who wanted to leave,”

“I would have let him go anyway because keeping someone who did not want to stay would have caused problems.”

Ronaldo and Moratti are still very good friends and Moratti often speaks to Ronaldo.

“I heard from him recently after his injury. He called me and he was really affectionate but he seemed down.”

Ronaldo has played for the biggest clubs in Europe - Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid and AC Milan.

“It was brilliant, absolutely brilliant for a year but then there was much suffering after he injured himself.”