Soccer-Ronaldo asks Real president to sign Rivaldo
23/09/2003
Soccer-Ronaldo asks Real president to sign Rivaldo
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Ronaldo has asked Real Madrid president Florentino Perez to sign disgruntled
Brazil international Rivaldo from AC Milan, the Jornal do Brasil newspaper said
on Tuesday.
The
report said that the two players spoke during Ronaldo's 27th birthday party in
Madrid on Monday when Ronaldo promised to do everything he could to persuade
Perez to sign his team mate from Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning side.
It
added that the pair left the house for a game on Ronaldo's private mini-golf
course and that Ronaldo phoned Perez to prove that he was serious.
"I'm
going to talk to my president and Rivaldo will be happy with us here at Real,"
the newspaper quoted Ronaldo as saying.
Rivaldo has been repeatedly left on the bench by AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti
and said in an interview published on Monday that he felt he was being
humiliated.
The
Jornal do Brasil newspaper published photographs from Ronaldo's birthday and
listed other players who flew in, including Rivaldo's AC Milan team mates Dida
and Kaka.
A
samba group led by Ronaldinho, who plays for Real's arch-rivals Barcelona,
provided the music.