Ronaldo (Brazilian) could have been “number one in history”, along with Lionel Messi and Diego Maradon

Fabio Capello believes that former Brazil striker Ronaldo would be “number one in history” if he had been willing to suppress his exaggerated lifestyle.

Capello worked with Ronald in Real Madrid, but he became more frustrated due to lack of self -discipline, which inevitably led to injury problems.

At that time, Ronaldo had already suffered serious knee problems who saw his game reduced from an explosive young striker who appeared as probably the best player in the world during spells with PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and Inter Milan.

The relationship with Capello eventually came to the end in January 2007. When he signed for AC Milan, the Brazilian left the Santiago Bernabeu thanks to all the coaches he had in Madrid “except one”.

Injuries broke Ronald’s career – Capello

Despite their outburst, Capello retains the belief that Ronaldo could have been the greatest of all time.

Said to El Mund: “Without injuries and care of yourself, would be number one in history, at the level [Lionel] Messi and [Diego] Maradona.

“In one aspect [the injuries] Could not be the other side [the lifestyle] He didn’t want to. There are football players who are like that. “

Was fat – Capello

Asked how he came to the decision to release Madrid, Capello said, “He was fat. He didn’t want to lose weight and he liked a good life too much.

“Besides, the worst part is that he has drawn his teammates into that life and eventually created an even more serious problem for me.

“I gave him the opportunity to lose weight and behave, but he didn’t want to. No more.”

Guta was another who couldn’t collapse – Capello

Capello said that in this respect Ronaldo was similar to Gutia, another very talented ex -ex -man from Real Madrid, who probably did not hit heights, his talents deserved.

“He could have been everything he wanted,” he said of the former midfielder Spain. “I kept talking to him and said, ‘Why don’t you sacrifice yourself a little? Take a downt life for a while and at the age of 36, when you have done everything, can you devote yourself to enjoying things? “

“And he replied to me,” Sir, you have to have a good time before it is too late. “There was no way to convince him.

“For players like Ronald or Gutia, I always like to emphasize how important Raúl was in Madrid. He had no pure talent of others, but he was so intelligent and so ambitious that it didn’t matter. It’s a football player I want. “