Ronaldo Nazario tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be able to be at the Cruzeiro celebration

The infections do not stop. Soccer star Ronaldo Nazario has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), as Cruzeiro announced. The club ‘celeste’ where the former footballer has been the majority shareholder since last month, reported on the status of the Brazilian star and confirmed that he will not be able to attend the party for the 101 years of the team.

The acquisition by Ronaldo of 90% of the shares of Cruzeiro was announced on December 18 and this January 2 it was planned that the ‘Phenomenon’ will lead a series of events that will be held for the 101 years of the club, which since 2019 is in the Second Division.

However, his presence was thwarted after the positive for COVID-19, which was confirmed this Sunday, according to a statement from the club in which it is also reported that Ronaldo is with “Mild symptoms”, but it will remain “Secluded” Y “Resting”.

The former player began his professional career precisely at Cruzeiro, where he played between 1992 and 1994, when he embarked on his European adventure, which led him to PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, ​​Inter, Real Madrid and culminated in Milan, from the who in 2008 returned to Brazil to retire at Corinthians in 2011.

Cruzeiro faces a very serious financial crisis and Ronaldo will disburse 400 million reais (about 72.7 million dollars) for 90% of the shares of the entity, now converted into a commercial corporation.

Ronaldo, who is also the majority shareholder of Spanish Valladolid, has already made some controversial decisions to deal with this situation and begin to put the club’s finances in order, whose debts are estimated at over 300 million dollars.

The first of these was the dismissal of coach Wanderlei Luxemburg, who had directed him in the Brazilian team and Real Madrid and had been in charge of Cruzeiro since the middle of last year, when he arrived with the mission of taking the club back to the First League. Division, but was not successful.