The former Brazilian footballer Ronaldo Nazario de Lima indicated this Monday that, after selling 90% of the shares of Cruzeiro to a local businessman, will try to get rid of Real Valladolid Spanish, a club he also controls. “I’m going to be very quick (in the answer), Valladolid is next,” said the former Brazilian striker in a press conference with the new owner of Cruzeiro, Pedro Lourenço, when asked about the future of his participation in white and violet set.
Ronaldo announced on Monday that he has sold the Belo Horizonte club after 2 years and 4 months in charge of the team where he started appearing as a player. Neither party has disclosed the cost of the operation, although the Brazilian press states that it is around 600 million reais (about 120 million dollars), which is 200 million reais (40 million dollars) more than the amount paid for the 90 That % distributes as of December 2021.
The champion of the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan expected that, after the agreement reached with Lourenço, he was thinking about taking “sabbatical” time until “something appeared there,” in apparent allusion to a business that appeared in his native country. “Maybe in the future I will do something related to the football industry, I will just try to be more responsible from now on the next projects,” he said.
Ronaldo decided to buy Cruzeiro when it was in the second division of the Brazilian Championship and “on the brink” of bankruptcy, with debts of “1.3 billion reais” (250 million dollars or 240 million euros at today’s exchange rate). He managed to promote it to the first division, although last year the light blue team almost lost in the category, which began to build a negative climate towards his figure as the club’s top leader.
Criticism continued this year after losing the Mineiro Championship final against arch-rivals Atlético Mineiro and a poor start to the Copa Sudamericana group stage. Ronaldo has also been questioned as president of Real Valladolid, who are fighting to return to the top flight of Spanish football this season.
Source: La Verdad
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