Former Brazilian striker Ronaldo Nazario confirmed this Monday the sale of his country’s Cruzeiro to businessman Pedro Lourenço, owner of the BH Supermarket chain, and assured that “the next” will be Real Valladolid, which he has owned since
“Valladolid is next,” the double world champion simply said briefly at the press conference where he made official the sale of Cruzeiro over the Valladolid team, which he entered in 2018 buying 51 percent of the shares for 30 million euros.
Currently, the white and purple team is in LaLiga Hypermotion, to which it was relegated last season and in which it is currently classified in second position, which gives direct access to LaLiga EA Sports, tied on points with Leganés and with three of advantage over their pursuers with five days left in the championship.
“Today I am hit by a mix of feelings, but mainly the feeling of a duty fulfilled. It is inevitable not to remember two years and four months ago when I irresponsibly took on the challenge of buying Cruzeiro,” Ronaldo stressed at a press conference.
‘The Phenomenon’, who began to carve out his legend in this Brazilian club, recalled that since he took charge of the entity in 2022, then in the Second Division, he faced “great challenges” and that in “the majority” they were successful. “I can say that I handed over the Cruzeiro to ‘Pedrinho’ with a feeling of tranquility and duty fulfilled, given that the situation was very precarious,” remarked the former forward, who will continue to be part of the Board of Directors of the Minas Gerais club.