Ronaldo was out of action in June, but he had a series of commercials, shows, photo plans, etc., and was busy until July before returning home to Rio de Janeiro.

Ricardo never had time to go back and only contacted Ronaldo by phone, but Ronaldo never mentioned coming to São Paulo.

What was the purpose of his sudden visit?

By the time the training session was over, the players were returning home one after another, and Ricardo went to join Ronaldo.

The club originally planned to have a banquet for Ronaldo, but Ronaldo politely refused, and the brothers did not go out to avoid being disturbed by the fans, so they returned to the house rented by Ricardo and asked the nanny to cook dinner.

Legend has it that Ronaldo hired a personal trainer with the signing fee for his transfer, which was promoted as a symbol of Ronaldo's professionalism; Ricardo paid a lot of money to hire a nanny who could cook nutritious meals.

At the dinner table, they chatted casually, and after eating, Rico returned to his room, Ronaldo sat on the sofa, and finally said: "Actually, I came today for your transfer." ”

"What about my transfer?" Licardo didn't know why.

"After the Copa Libertadores, Inter Milan made contact with Sao Paulo, you know?"

Ricardo nodded. In fact, he had already learned that Oriali had approached Farah and offered a tentative contract offer with a good deal.

"But it wasn't negotiated at the time," Ronaldo shrugged, "Inter Milan's initial offer was $7 million, and it ended up being $10 million, and Sao Paulo never relented. ”

Ricardo was a little dissatisfied: "Why don't you just activate my liquidated damages clause?" It's only $15 million. ”

"After all, the economic situation has not been good until last year," Ronaldo said, "and Mr. Moratti can't come up with much money." And the club is not the only one who has brought in reinforcements, there are other big deals. ”

Ricardo was a little indignant: "It's just a $5 million difference." I don't believe I can't get any money. ”

Ronaldo was a little embarrassed: "It's really not a big amount, but Inter Milan really admires you and hopes you can join." ”

"So they asked you to be a lobbyist? Convincing São Paulo to accept a $10 million offer? ”

"Well, sort of, actually, I also hope you can cooperate." Ronaldo: This is no longer a hint, but an explicit.

Li Cardo understood in seconds, but he sneered: "It's impossible. Daddardo, I would love to play alongside you, but I will never threaten the club by striking or playing for my own benefit. I'm a professional footballer! ”

Ronaldo sighed: "In this case, your transfer may have a little more twists and turns." ”

Ricardo was unmoved: "Then don't transfer for the time being, anyway, even if you sign a contract with me now, I won't be able to land in Serie A until next year." I'll play for another year and show Inter Milan if I'm worth 15 million. ”

Several big transfers in the summer of 2002 and the winter of 2003, if you look at the same position, Di Vaio's transfer to Juventus cost about $28 million, Anelka's transfer from Paris Saint-Germain to Manchester City cost about $18 million, and Inter Milan sold half of Adriano's ownership to Parma for $15 million. Ricardo by no means considered himself worse than the three.

"It's definitely worth it, if you have an EU passport, even if it's $30 million, the club is willing to give it," Ronaldo laughed, "You really don't think about it?" ”

"Don't think about it. Dadador, I have my way of doing things. I'm serious about football. ”

Ronaldo couldn't help but sigh again, "Okay, I'll go talk to Mr. Juventio tomorrow, and hopefully have a good result." ”

Speaking of this, Ronaldo took the initiative to change the topic, not wanting to cause Licardo unpleasantness.

The next day, Ronaldo and Juventio had a meeting, but the results were far from ideal. Facing the first person in world football, Juventio's attitude was very clear: either pay $15 million to activate Ricardo's contract break clause, or avoid talks.

After Ronaldo returned to Rio de Janeiro, Juventio and Ricardo met once, both in the hope of renewing his contract.

Ricardo's contract has only been signed for half a year, and of course he doesn't want to renew it immediately, because even if Sao Paulo gives him the maximum salary, it will be many times less than the salary that European clubs can offer, but it will definitely increase his contract breaking fee and create obstacles for his transfer next year.

But Juventio's attitude was also very resolute, and Ricardo didn't want to offend him too much, so he could only be perfunctory for the time being, allowing Farah and Juventio to start negotiations, but set the conditions a little higher and negotiate slowly.

It's not okay not to talk about it. If he doesn't show a cohesive attitude, the club could have pressed him to the bench and stopped him from playing.

It's not like last year, when he was a free agent and if the club dared to play that trick on him, he could have left on a free transfer.

Soon, however, Ricardo's embarrassment was resolved. In addition to Inter Milan, several other big teams have begun to make offers to Sao Paulo, including AC Milan, Roma, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and others.

Among them, the offers of Bayern, Liverpool, etc. are tentative, and they are in a wait-and-see mode after being rejected once or twice; Real Madrid and AC Milan were really determined to sign Ricardo, and after being rejected several times, they directly opened Ricardo's release clause.

Kaka, who has basically reached an agreement with AC Milan, also visits Ricardo from time to time and acts as a lobbyist for AC Milan.

Ricardo told Farah not to rush into contract negotiations with the two clubs, and only to use their offers as bargaining chips to deal with the clubs.

What made Licardo angry was that for such a big scene, Inter Milan did not raise the offer. Do you really think you're going to eat me?

Although Inter Milan is also a great giant, if it weren't for Ronaldo's presence, Ricardo wouldn't want to go.

However, this season's Inter Milan seems to be really stretched thin on transfer funds, and only introduced super substitute Cruz from Argentina at a fairly low price, Van der Meyde, Luciano, Kiligonzalez, Bresche, Karagunis, etc., and there are almost no more than 10 million reinforcements in the whole process.

So it's understandable that Inter Milan is hesitant to spend $15 million to sign them. After all, it is no longer the golden age of Serie A's spending, and now Serie A as a whole has been declining, superstars have left, and the salary structure is no longer the world's top.

So Ricardo thought about it for a long time and decided to renew his contract with Sao Paulo first, of course, the contract break fee should not be too high, and then seek a transfer next season. And in the next year, he wants to impress Inter Milan with his performance and let Inter Milan know that even if he spends 20 million or 30 million to introduce him, it is worth it.