Former player Ronaldo Fenômeno signed an agreement, this Saturday (18), for the purchase of Cruzeiro.
Revealed by the Minas Gerais club, Ronaldo will become the majority partner of the Sociedade Anônima do Futebol (SAF) do Cruzeiro.
The deal was revealed in a live transmission on Instagram where Ronaldo, president of Cruzeiro Sérgio Santos Rodrigues and partner of XP Inc., Pedro Mesquita, were present.
“The club that revealed Ronaldo to the world. Now, Ronaldo is opening the doors of the world for this club again”, said the president in the broadcast.
Ronaldo said he is very happy to have completed the operation, and that he will have a lot of work to do.
“We have nothing to celebrate for now. But we have a lot of work and ambition. A lot of ambition to make the giant Cruzeiro again”, he declared.
Economist Pedro Mesquita also posted on Twitter about the closing of the agreement. “Attention soccer world! A great son to the house makes it! Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, the “phenomenon”, has just signed an agreement to buy @Cruzeiro!”, he wrote.
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Reference: CNN Brasil
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