The Brazilian stunned the football world by taking over Valladolid but, as Goal outlines in a special report, he has big plans for the small Liga club
Everyone in football read the reports that striking icon Ronaldo was on the verge of buying Real Valladolid at the start of the season but few people actually believed them.
Even when the takeover was completed, many assumed that the Brazilian had merely lended his name to the project; that he was nothing more than a figurehead and would be rarely seen at the Jose Zorilla.
But, on September 3, when it was formally announced that Ronaldo had become the club's majority stakeholder, the World Cup winner attempted to silence the skeptics by declaring, "I do not buy a club and go on vacation the following day.