Luiz Nazario Ronaldo Da Lima

[firmino]

Imho, you guys are way too harsh. If anything, i would be pissed off to Ronaldo for playing for bbilan, even if it was for a short period.

Yes, Ronaldo was an asshole. But in the end, I don't feel he was so terribly an asshole that we need to hate him.

He left Inter out of spite, cause he didn't want to work with Cuper. And again, he probably joined milan out of spite, to "punish" Moratti for choosing Cuper over him.

He considers Moratti a father (including the "punishing" part, which sounds a lot like what teenagers do to their parents).

Many former Inter players have been talking about Moratti as a second father by the way, for good or worse.

Eto'o had the sweetest words he ever said for him.

In short, I believe Ronaldo acted like a whimsical teenager.

But did he act so badly to deserve a ban from our hearts? Imho no. And he gave us many joys.

 

[rfU]

Selfish, ungrateful, and entitled yeah, but how is he a traitor? Moratti chose Cuper over him, he was hurt so he dipped like a emotional teenage girl.

 

[brehme1989]

I hope that ends all the stupid rumors or speculations that it was Cuper who wanted to sell Ronaldo. Straight from the ungrateful traitorous horse's mouth.

Yes, it's too obvious now. That whole section from his interview about why he didn't want to play for Cuper is illuminating.

Vieri is also a liar apparently as he was claiming that 3 weeks before Ronaldo left he was willing to take a paycut to accommodate a Nesta transfer.

 

[Herr J]

Imho, you guys are way too harsh. If anything, i would be pissed off to Ronaldo for playing for bbilan, even if it was for a short period.

Yes, Ronaldo was an asshole. But in the end, I don't feel he was so terribly an asshole that we need to hate him.

He left Inter out of spite, cause he didn't want to work with Cuper. And again, he probably joined milan out of spite, to "punish" Moratti for choosing Cuper over him.

He considers Moratti a father (including the "punishing" part, which sounds a lot like what teenagers do to their parents).

Many former Inter players have been talking about Moratti as a second father by the way, for good or worse.

Eto'o had the sweetest words he ever said for him.

In short, I believe Ronaldo acted like a whimsical teenager.

But did he act so badly to deserve a ban from our hearts? Imho no. And he gave us many joys.

Sorry, but the most annoying post I've ever seen. Learn ENGLISH!!!

 

[brehme1989]

Sorry, but the most annoying post I've ever seen. Learn ENGLISH!!!

What's wrong with his English???

 

[Herr J]

I would use:

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At all his statements. It hurt my eye.

 

[brehme1989]

That's a presentation issue, not a language deficiency.

 

[ScottishInterista]

I mean that's better English than half of Scotland speak

 

[brakbrak]

I would use:

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At all his statements. It hurt my eye.

just one eye?

 

[Candreva Crosses]

Who gives a shit, this isn't school.

 

[firmino]

Sorry, but the most annoying post I've ever seen. Learn ENGLISH!!!

Duly noted.

I have no issues with accepting criticism (I remember asking a user to correct me, when he feels like doing it), but clever people, when they want to say: "you suck", take the trouble to explain how and in what way.

I guess it's no coincidence you're currently unemployed.

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Anyways, in summary:

- some former Inter players have described Moratti as a fatherly figure.

- between the lines, when you read Ronaldo's interview, you can see the same dynamic at play.

- he left Inter and some years later joined milan, I believe, mostly to spite Moratti, like a teenager would get a tattoo to spite their dad.

My point was: yes, he acted like an asshole, but maybe we can forgive him because, after all, he simply acted like a stupid teenager.

 

[K.I.]

Duly noted.

I have no issues with accepting criticism (I remember asking a user to correct me, when he feels like doing it), but clever people, when they want to say: "you suck", take the trouble to explain how and in what way.

I guess it's no coincidence you're currently unemployed.

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Anyways, in summary:

- some former Inter players have described Moratti as a fatherly figure.

- between the lines, when you read Ronaldo's interview, you can see the same dynamic at play.

- he left Inter and some years later joined milan, I believe, mostly to spite Moratti, like a teenager would get a tattoo to spite their dad.

My point was: yes, he acted like an asshole, but maybe we can forgive him because, after all, he simply acted like a stupid teenager.

I am not sure that was the case, he prob wanted to play at a top team and Milan made him an offer. A lot of Brazilians go to Milan so i am sure he was happy to go there.

 

[brehme1989]

He begged us to return THREE times.

2006 (January), 2006 (summer) and 2007 (January) iirc. Probably also earlier on as we discussed the possibility of acquiring him when they asked us for Adriano and offered Ronaldo as part of the deal and that was back in 2005. And Ronaldo was the top scorer in Spain at the time and he was always Real's top scorer whilst there, yet Perez was keen to sell in order to finance other 'Galactico' transfers. In particular I think they wanted Van Nisterloory, Totti and Chivu in that 2005 window. They settled for Cassano in the winter and gave a chance to Sergio Ramos as a center back who was thought to be mainly a right back and DM at the time.

Anyhow, back to Ronaldo. We told him no. Actually Mancini said no in most ocassions. Real Madrid was trying to sell him when Capello was in charge and in 2007 they decided that they wanted to offload him for good . His options were Milan, Manchester City (who were in the process of takeover from the Thai who wanted to give him to the club as an early present) and there was also interest from Liverpool, Roma and PSG who were also under new ownership at the time. Possibly some other teams as well. Only Milan and Liverpool were really important teams at the time. You can't really blame him for joining them. We blew him off several times and we actually did need him before 2006. When Milan got him he'd be a stupid deal for us obviously as we were packed up front.

It was quite similar with Vieri. We let him go when he was 32 and the only team he managed to stay for over a season was Inter, so he was fine and settled in the city. There also wasn't any important interest in him as he was declining. His options were to join some stupid PL club like Newcastle or Tottenham, go to a small club in Italy or move to an Arab league or the MLS. He picked a small Italian club You could consider that spite towards Moratti played a part in Vieri choosing Milan as his next destination, whereas with Ronaldo it didn't make sense as Moratti wanted him back but was in the *listen-to-coach mode* during that time.

Just a clue, Mancini despised Ronaldo when they were both players. Very heated situation in the 1998 Uefa final.

 

[Devious]

Thanks for the history lesson old man, I almost forgot all these details.

 

[Handoyo]

Goddamn Brehme, even as the forum's #1 Ronaldo hater, even I did not remember things that vividly.

 

[Devious]

For an old timer he has a good memory I'll give him that.

 

[wera]

Shame he wasn't here so that we would have Ronaldo and Ibra playing together <3

 

[Ed.]

Thanks for the history lesson old man, I almost forgot all these details.

That's because you weren't born yet.

 

[Puma]

I loved Ronaldo when he first arrived at Inter. I remember waiting to see how he would recover from his knee injuries and literally counting down the weeks as they went by. Inter were very patient with him but were never repaid for that patience as he left us for Real Madrid. I have not forgiven him for that move and the fact that he also played for Milan.

Today, regardless of how much he says he loves Inter, I cannot help but think he is a Cunt that once had a triangle on his head.

Javier Zanetti loved Inter and that's why he stayed. For Ronaldo, Inter were just a passing interest.

 

[Hasan]

We deserved more after all those years of waiting, fuck him.