Ronaldo has signed with Real Madrid

Marco Mitis · Sep 2, 2002

Mrs Ronnie

Originally posted by Excape Goat
I heard from a friend in Italy that there is a rumor that Ronaldo's wife is having an affair with Seedof. And that's why Ronaldo wants out of Milan as soon as possible. Mrs.Ronaldo will remain in Italy after Ronaldo departs.
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No, Mrs. Ronaldo wil follow him to Madrid, even if (I've read on the newspapers) "with tears in her eyes".
Many account this story as a metropolitan legend, others give it credit...how knows..

Real Ray · Sep 3, 2002

Originally posted by n00bie deluxe
Kinda sucks for Morientes. He knows they're trying to sell his @$$ by December and you just know they'll be playing Ronaldo a lot since the fans will be wanting to see instant returns on this deal. He's a basically a "lame duck" until December. That's too bad.
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Yep and the locker aint all that happy about it

But it is another number, 67 - the total of meaningful matches Ronaldo played for Inter during the last four seasons, which players such as Raul and Fernando Hierro had in mind when they protested to Perez about the way Morientes has been treated during this long-running affair.
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Interesting too about the way the deal w/Inter is done

Madrid pay €10m (£6.3m) before tax to Raul, Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo, and Ronaldo will get not one cent more. Madrid is also an Adidas club and, given that Ronaldo is the symbol of Nike, he will see his bonuses decline proportionately.

Furthermore the remarkable contract between Inter, Real and Ronaldo is understood to include the agreement that, if the player is injured and absent from duty for six months or more, Real can stop paying transfer instalments to Inter and cease paying Ronaldo a salary. Truly this boy wanted to make his move happen.
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http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,1563,785218,00.html

Syncope · Sep 3, 2002

Ronaldo Injures Himself In First Practice (German article):
http://www.sport1.de/coremedia/gene...und/fus_20int_20ronaldo_20verletzt_20mel.html

Brief/rough translation:
Tore/aggravated a thigh muscle and can only do water gymnastics for a week. He will definitely be out for the first CL match against AS Rome.

A German proverb comes to mind:
Die kleinen Suenden bestraft der liebe Gott sofort.
"The little sins God punishes immediately."

Send him back as damaged goods.

BrianCappellieri · Sep 4, 2002

The Guardian

Ronaldo breaks down on first day

Ronaldo suffered an injury yesterday in his first training session with Real Madrid. Less than 24 hours after being paraded in front of 65,000 fans, the World Cup's top scorer strained a thigh muscle in the same leg that troubled him for much of last season.
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