Fabio Capello believes that former Brazil striker Ronaldo « there would be a number in history » if he was ready to control his extremely lifestyle.
Capello worked with Ronaldo at Real Madrid, but became more and more disappointed with the lack of self-discipline of the player, which inevitably led to injuries.
At that time, Ronaldo had already suffered serious knees, which saw his game was diluted by an explosive young player, which caused the world’s best player with « Barcelona » and « Inter ».
The relationship with Capello eventually reached the acrymonal end in January 2007, when he signed « Milan », Brazilian, « Santiago Bernabeu » thanked all coaches in Madrid.
Injuries dispersed Ronaldo’s career – Capello
Despite their decline, Capello maintains the belief that Ronaldo could be the greatest of all time.
He said to the Mundo.
« With a aspect (injury) he couldn’t and didn’t want to do. There are players who are like that. «
He was fat – Capello
Asked how he decided to allow him to leave Madrid, Capello said: « He was fat. He did not want to lose weight, and he liked good life.
« Besides, the worst thing was that he pulled his teammates in that life and ended creating a more serious problem for me.
« I gave him a way to lose weight and treat him, but he did not want to. There is no longer anymore. «
Guti was another who could not kneel – Capello
Capello said that in that sense, Ronaldo was like a guti, another overwhelmed talented « Real », which probably did not hit his talents.
« He could have been something he wanted, » he said, the former Spanish midfielder. « I constantly talked to him and said, » Why don’t you sacrifice you a little? » House a settled life for a while, and at the age of 36, when you did everything, you can devote to you to enjoy. «
« And he answered me. » Mr., now you have to have a good time before it’s too late. » There was no way to persuade him.
« For players like Ronaldo or Guti, I always like to highlight how important Raul was in Madrid. He did not have the pure talent of the others, but he was so smart and was so ambitious that it was not important. That’s the player I want. «
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