“I’m the one deciding if I stay or I leave. My contract with Real Madrid is until 2008, right now I can’t say anything and I’ve said the decision will be made after the season surely after the World Cup”, Ronaldo said after the game that eliminated the Real Madrid and classified the Arsenal.

Ronaldo said this after he was told that, according to Italian media, the president of the Real Madrid is thinking of offering up to 30 million euros to the Milan and Inter in exchange of either Shevchenko or Adriano.

He also said he was grateful for the words expressed by the clubs of Milan and Inter saying Ronaldo has the doors of both clubs open. On the other side, he mentioned in Santiago Bernabeu he feels they don’t want him. “It’s not a present thing, it goes back to three years ago when I won the ‘Balón de Oro’. And it’s only there, because in the streets, restaurants, people show me their appreciation.”

The Brazilian also mentioned that, now that his club has been eliminated, he is hoping for an Italian club to win the Champions’ League.