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it's my pleasure to welcome back to the San Siro one and only..... RONALDOOOOOOO!!!

hope you have a better time than your last (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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'THE PHENOMENON' PRESENTATION
2/2/2007 2:06:00 PM
The official press conference to present Ronaldo as a Milan player has taken place. Find out what the Brazilian star had to say along with Adriano Galliani's comments

ACMilan.com followed the press conference to present Ronaldo as a Milan player. The striker was accompanied by Milan chief executive Adriano Galliani at the event held in a hotel in central Milan. Read on to find out what 'The Phenomenon' and Galliani had to say.

ADRIANO GALLIANI: Good-day, if someone had not invented the word 'Phenomenon' you have to invent something but there isn't anything so 'Phenomenon' is better than nothing. Here is no use recapping what he has done. We wanted to sign him on August 23, unfortunately that did not happen, the conditions were not there. Anyway, we said good-bye to that but the second time finished well. For us, this is exclusively a technical operation, not a media campaign. The decision was taken with president Berlusconi, Ancelotti and the players. I am happy and proud. Now, I will let him speak.

RONALDO: Challenges are always the most important thing for me. I turned down money for the 'sporting' challenge. I turned down more money to move to Saudi Arabia and the United States. I could even have stayed at Real but Milan offered me a new challenge and I accepted that challenge. My story has not finished yet.

I have no doubts, I have my history which has been really wonderful. However, this challenge happened and I am pleased to be here. There were difficult moments in the negotiations but from the moment I joined Milan I accepted this challenge.

I spent five good years in Milan and I still have a lot of friends here. Then, it's a joy to play for Milan, it's a dream for any player.

Of course, I expect the respect from everyone, from those who were with me but are no longer there. Respect is the most important thing, my time with Inter was really wonderful but it finished badly. I was sold almost on the demand of the coach and it finished there. I am now back for a new challenge, an exciting challege, hopefully I will do really well for the fans.

Everyone has to take their own route, I selected the road to Milan and hopefully I will do really well for this club and the people who have welcomed me with such affection. I wish Moratti or anyone who feels offended, 'good luck' in their life. I have picked my way forward.

I have always respected the rules, I have always trained, I don't understand certain things Sacchi has said. But people talk and that happens. I have won a lot of trophies and I have never been gifted anything. I have won everything with sweat and sacrifice, hopefully I will continue to do that.

I believe that just being at Milan is a great motivation. I returned down economic offers which were a lot higher, that's a great motivation. Rather than money, I want to show everyone who I still am.

I am very pleased, the fans have received me with really great affection and I am sure things will improve, and slowly and surely I will start to score goals.

I am not interested in what others have to say. I am here now. I haven't heard from Vieri but I expect to soon. I still have to find a house, get settled and train. I haven't had time to speak to my friends so it's been a bit more difficult second time around. I have heard from Berlusconi and I was very pleased to speak to him. The match against Roma didn't go well but I am sure things will change.

I haven't spoken to Dunga about my international future, but that depends on what I do on the pitch not in conversation. I don't know when I will play, that depends on the coach and the trainers. I haven't played a game for a month, I have had some tests and it is going well.

I can't play in the Champions League, but the objective is to finish fourth in the league. Hopefully, I will play in the Coppa America, but my first objective is to do well at Milan. It was difficult to leave Milan the first time around, my son stayed but it wasn't a problem as I could come back when I was free. Maybe this time is was a bit more difficult. I will miss my friends but I have a lot here. I am not interested about Juve being in Serie B, I am only interested in Milan now.

It has been a great investment and I am convinced that it will go well to pay it back. I have seen a great environment in the dressing room, between the players and the coach. It's been a long time since I have seen that. I had no problems with Capello, he just didn't have faith in me, I wasn't able to play, he didn't say why and I didn't ask. It was ugly and sad.

GALLIANI: Ronaldo is in the collective imagination of all football followers. I had a great lunch with Capello on Wednesday and he said that Ronie is the player with the most ability of all the players he has coached. Capello has coached a lot. Ronaldo has made history in football. We are fortunate to have a player like Ronaldo at Milan. He is up there in terms of skill along with Maradona and Pelé. At one stage Ronaldo's lawyer told me that he may be taking too much of a salary cut to come to Milan but Leonardo called Ronie and he changed his mind. His motivation in the end was to continue to play at the highest level and it was not driven by money.

RONALDO: Me and Moratti always speak, I have never not taken his call. The last call was not to bring me to Inter, anyway, everything is in the past. I just think about scoring, not only about the derby. I am just back so I need time to see what has changed in Milan. However, I feel the same desire. There has been the same chat about my weight a thousand times, but it's not the most important thing for a footballer. The important thing is the lean mass to fat mass. I don't know how many goals I will score. I love to feel the responsibility, it's something I have always had in my life. I love playing. It's playing, not words that count.

Cassano knows what he needs to do. He's a good guy and a really great player. There will definitely be a lot of clubs in for him. I haven't had the chance to show what I can do over the last six months but hopefully I will here. I really want to do well. We all have the same objectives and of course it is pleasing to have Brazilians in the dressing room.

Ronaldinho-Ronaldo-Kakà? I don't know, I have just arrived and I have to win a place in the side so it would be disrespectful to my team-mates to ask for Ronaldinho. He's a great player but I have to win a place and then see if we can bring in some others.