In the summer, Brazilian football legend Ronaldo embarked on a 280-mile cycle ride alongside his wife after agreeing to do if Real Valladolid – the Spanish club he owns in majority – get promoted to La Liga. Well, Ronaldo also owns his boyhood club Cruzeiro and guess what? The club he started playing football have earned promotion to the Brazilian Serie A – just four months after his success with Valladolid.’I promised that if we came back [to La Liga], I would do the Camino de Santiago. I will do it by bike as I can’t run. My wife and I will leave from Valladolid on Sunday and travel to Santiago de Compostela by bicycle,’ he said during the summer.’It will be beautiful. I know that I will suffer physically but it will be an unforgettable experience.’🇧🇷📈 After 3 years in the wilderness, Cruzeiro are back in the big time! Results elsewhere meant the giants from Belo Horizonte are Serie B champions with 6 games to spare. With 4 Brazilian titles and 2 Copa Libertadores to their name, it’s reward for owner Ronaldo Nazário. pic.twitter.com/bUCUAtnGcO— FotMob (@FotMob) October 1, 2022 Il Fenomeno kept his promise however it is unclear if he made any similar promises relating to Cruzeiro’s promotion.After they beat Vasco da Gama, Cruzeiro had been assured of promotion to the Brazilian elite. Their closest challengers Gremio and Bahia dropped points which secured Cruzeiro’s place as league champions nine months after Ronaldo bought a controlling stake in his former club who at the time of his takeover were mired in financial arrears.Posting his congratulations to the club on social media, Ronaldo declared it another battle he had ‘overcome’ with football and said that Serie A was the ‘rightful’ place for the club.’Still speechless, trying to assimilate everything we’ve experienced in the last few months. We. Blue Nation. SAF Cruzeiro,’ Ronaldo wrote.’From the board to the fans. From the technical committee to the bench. From behind the scenes to camp.##NAJAVA_MECA_6693791##’The fastest access in Serie B history was already an achievement of ours – with nine months into the club rebuild project, the best possible result. ‘Here comes the title that, of course, like you, I was already expecting. But off the couch? With six rounds to lead? Another record? ‘For my life, another chapter of overcoming football. For our Fox ., its proper place: the elite of sport. It’s Series A! He’s a Champion! Like I said a few days ago, let’s go for more! A lot more! Let’s go together!’¡La Serie B se pintó celeste! 💙Con Paulo Pezzolano al mando del @Cruzeiro, el equipo de @Ronaldo se coronó en la Segunda División del futbol brasileño, consiguiendo así salir de la categoría de plata, a la que cayeron en 2019. pic.twitter.com/yJPVLxbuvM— TNT Sports México (@tntsportsmex) October 1, 2022 After the club had spent two years in Serie B and were struggling amid a series of difficulties – Ronaldo bought the club where he started his professional career back in December.Backed by Brazilian investment bank XP, Ronaldo invested 70 million euros in the club, promising to ‘give back to Cruzeiro and take them where they deserve to be’. He appears to have delivered on that promise spectacularly.
