AC Milan have signed Brazilian striker Ronaldo from Spanish side
Real Madrid for £4.95m on an 18-month deal.
Milan will pay a further £330,000 for the 30-year-old if they
qualify for the Champions League in 2007 or '08.
Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted Ronaldo, out of favour at Real
this season, was "not particularly fit", but added: "He remains a
great player."
Ronaldo set a record for goals scored in World Cups in Germany last
year, but was criticised for being overweight.
Ronaldo, who has won two World Cups with Brazil and been named Fifa
World Player of the Year three times, has already passed a medical
in Milan.
He had 18 months left on his Real Madrid contract and cost £20m
when he joined the Bernabeu outfit from Inter Milan in 2002. He has
started only three league matches under new coach Fabio Capello
this season.
Ancelotti said Ronaldo had lost fitness because "having been
excluded from the Real squad, he has lost some of his enthusiasm in
training".
The two clubs appear to have come to a compromise on price after
Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said after meeting Real
officials on Monday: "We have offered seven million euros (£4.6m)
and Real want eight (£5.3m)."
The former Cruzeiro, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and Inter forward had
also been linked with AC's Italian rivals Juventus and a move to Al
Ittihad in Saudi Arabia.