“Ronaldo Nazario was a negative leader. He didn’t train well and influenced his teammates. He was always partying and only thought about women,” said the former Italian coach Fabio Capello.
“When he won the World Cup, he weighed 84 kilos. When he arrived in Madrid, he told me he weighed 94 kilos,” referring to Ronaldo’s physical condition when Capello was coach of Real Madrid.
“It was then that Berlusconi called me to ask about Ronaldo. I told him he was a fatso and that he only thought about women. The next day, the newspaper headlines announced: “Ronaldo to Milan”.