Fabio Capello and some explosive statements about Ronaldo: “He really liked parties and women”

After a very irregular 2005 in which between Vanderlei Luxembourg and Juan Ramon Lopez Dear they did not know how to find the return to the team, real Madrid tried to break the mold and handed that undisciplined locker room from the 2006-07 season to the Italian Fabio Capellowho had already had a successful stage in the club of the Spanish capital.

‘Sergeant’ arrived in the Spanish capital to nip in the bud the great problem of that campus: indiscipline. That squad, which had many stars but little football, had the Brazilian Ronaldo as the highest standard. Capello kept him under his orders for a little over a season. Today, more than 15 years later, he revises his report.

The Italian DT, 76, was in the city of Trento to participate in the Sport Festival and there he told a little-known story.

The context: as soon as Cappello took over Real Madrid, Ronaldo has decided to seek new horizons. Yes, the top scorer of the Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup went to Silvio Berlusconi’s Milan. However, before accepting it, the businessman and then president of Italy had a face-to-face interview with Capello.

“I remember that Silvio Berlusconi called me to ask me how Ronaldo was doing”, began the coach.

And Capello didn’t take turns: “I told you he didn’t even train and he liked parties and women a lot, so hiring him for Milan would be a mistake. The next day I saw the headlines: ‘Ronaldo in Milan’. It was fun. “

Now without the Brazilian in the squad, Real Madrid have once again been crowned champions at the hands of the Italian strategist.

Regarding that decision to leave Ronaldo’s hand, Capello explains: “The decision to fire Ronaldo and sign Cassano helped create a winning spirit in the team.”

His time at Real Madrid

Regarding his second short but lucky second period at the helm of Real Madrid, Capello added: “The Bernabéu is a sanctuary, the responsibilities were enormous. Madrid is the team that has remained in my heart because I had to build it by bringing it into players. that I thought could make a difference. “

“I had four 20-year-olds in the first team. I brought Seedorf from Sampdoria and Roberto Carlos for defense … We recovered nine points from Barcelona in the last stretch of ten games and I’m still proud of it,” he added, referring to his first title at the helm of the ‘Merengue’, in the 1996-97 season.

Regarding his methods and his relationship with his bosses, Capello closed: “No player in particular disrespected me. Of course we could talk and discuss, but I would not have accepted other behaviors. I’m not an iron sergeant, I I’m sorry They put this label on me.