BRAZIL legend Ronaldo is interested in buying Spanish second tier side Valladolid, according to reports in his homeland.
He has links to the Segunda Division club as vice-president Jose Moro is his partner in their wine business Cepa 21.
And Globo report a deal is close, with the two-time World Cup-winner ready to pay £26million to purchase the Segunda Division club.
It adds that negotiations are already taking place with Valladolid president Carlos Suarez.
However Marca claim these reports are jumping the gun and that, at present, there have been no talks — though Suarez would be willing to sell should such an offer arrive.
Valladolid finished seventh in the second tier last term and were last in La Liga in the 2013-14 season.
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Their highest-ever top flight finish was fourth, back in the 1962-63 campaign, and they were twice Copa
del Rey finalists.
Ronaldo has previous in La Liga, having won trophies with Barcelona and Real Madrid during his illustrious career.
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The Catalans made him the most expensive player in the world when they bought him for £13.2m from PSV Eindhoven in 1996 — and he helped them win the Copa del Rey and Cup Winners’ Cup.
In 2002, he returned to Spain with Real Madrid, winning a La Liga title in his first season.
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