[Bluesummers]

come back ronaldo, we'll give you another 100k a week to sit on the bench (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[LaPalma]

You cannot get past me. And you cannot get the ball past me either. Now that I think of it again I wonder why I'm not playing for Milan!

Sure...like back in November 2005 when I (Toni) scored two against you (Nesta). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[dst]

bcoz milan have kaladze (IMG:style_emoticons/default/innocent.gif)

Oh right... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

[Zed.D]

"There is no veto," Ricardo Teixeira said Tuesday. "If Ronaldo becomes the player he was in the 2002 World Cup, he has the chance to return to the national team and play in the 2010 World Cup."

So in other words we'll never see Ronaldo in the Selecao again, because no matter how phenomenal, he won't be able to become the player he was in 2002 again.

[il_diavolo_mtl]

Dunga opens Brazil door for Ronaldo

SAO PAULO -- Brazil coach Dunga says he will summon Ronaldo if the striker returns to top form.

Dunga praised Ronaldo for his return to football more than a year after knee surgery, saying the striker will have his spot in the squad secured if he plays well again.

"If he becomes the Ronaldo of old, why not?" Dunga told Cultura TV late Monday.

Ronaldo returned to action last Wednesday playing 28 minutes for Corinthians in a Brazilian Cup match. On Sunday, he scored a late equalizer after 31 minutes on the field against Palmeiras. It was his first goal since the left knee injury while with AC Milan in February 2008.

Dunga said it's natural Ronaldo was far from his best after more than a year out of action, but liked the way he performed in his first two matches.

"He has the will to become the great player that he once was," Dunga said. "He feels pleasure playing football."

Dunga and Ronaldo were teammates in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.

The 32-year-old Ronaldo told SporTV channel on Monday that his goal was to return to the national team, but that he feels he has enemies in the Brazilian football federation.

Ronaldo was never recalled to the national team once Dunga replaced Carlos Alberto Parreira after Brazil's elimination in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

The president of the Brazilian federation dismissed any animosity against Ronaldo.

"There is no veto," Ricardo Teixeira said Tuesday. "If Ronaldo becomes the player he was in the 2002 World Cup, he has the chance to return to the national team and play in the 2010 World Cup."

Ronaldo, the all-time leading World Cup scorer with 15 goals, helped Brazil win its fifth world title in 2002 in South Korea and Japan with two of his eight goals coming in the final against Germany.

Ronaldo's return to action has been praised across Brazil, including President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

"He wasn't 100 per cent ready, played five minutes, got five balls and was still better than everybody else," Silva said, according to the Folha Online website.

so in retrospect, Dunga will look to ANYONE BUT AMAURI!! lol

[kurtsimonw]

You cannot get past me. And you cannot get the ball past me either. Now that I think of it again I wonder why I'm not playing for Milan!

You.. Nesta!?

Ha! I have the pace of Gabby, the ariel ability of Ronaldo, the finishing of van Nistelrooy, the shot power of Junhinho and the imagination of a 5 year old!

[kurtsimonw]

"He has the will to become the great player that he once was," Dunga said. "He feels pleasure playing football."

I completely disagree with this. The reports I heard about Ronaldo in Brazil while he was recovering from his injury suggest he really doesn't care too much for football anymore.

[Zed.D]

I completely disagree with this. The reports I heard about Ronaldo in Brazil while he was recovering from his injury suggest he really doesn't care too much for football anymore.

I disagree! if he didn't care about football why didn't he just called it quits after such a horrible injury?

I think it's a bit disrespectful to say he doesn't care about football after all the trouble he went through to play football again!

[kurtsimonw]

I disagree! if he didn't care about football why didn't he just called it quits after such a horrible injury?

I think it's a bit disrespectful to say he doesn't care about football after all the trouble he went through to play football again!

If he didn't care about football, why wouldn't he call it quits? £££

[Fillipo Simone]

If he didn't care about football, why wouldn't he call it quits? £££

I think Ronaldo is such a media-personality, he'd earn probably more by not playing and doing marketing/promotive jobs then training, playing and still actively participate in any football league.

[Zed.D]

If he didn't care about football, why wouldn't he call it quits? £££

+1 @ Fillipo, and I don't really think he needs that tiny amount of money he earns by playing for Corinthians! he probably has enough money in his bank account for the rest of his life!

[kurtsimonw]

+1 @ Fillipo, and I don't really think he needs that tiny amount of money he earns by playing for Corinthians! he probably has enough money in his bank account for the rest of his life!

It's called greed, alot of people have it. The more you have, the more you want. Why else do these players take up sponsorship deals with Adidas and Nike when they're already earning millions at their clubs.

[Zed.D]

It's called greed, alot of people have it. The more you have, the more you want. Why else do these players take up sponsorship deals with Adidas and Nike when they're already earning millions at their clubs.

So Beckham, too, doesn't care about football?!

[kurtsimonw]

So Beckham, too, doesn't care about football?!

His lifestyle suggests otherwise. I can count on one finger how many times Beckham has been in trouble in the media due to his off-field actions. Like James Milner said in an interview last week "I am 100% dedicated to football and improving myself, there's more than enough time for drinking and enjoying my life when I retire". I believe this is the type of attitude Beckham also has.

[Zed.D]

Well, I still disagree because I don't see Ronaldo in any way as a greedy footballer who doesn't care about football! watching his recent goals and the passion in his celebrations is more than enough reason for me to believe he loves football.