Ronaldo was spotted in Brazil this weekend livin’ la vida loca with Brazilian teammate and fellow headache Adriano. Ronaldo has been receiving treatment for a calf injury that has sidelined him for the last decade six months. The Brazilian excursion was completely rehab related until word came out of Brazilian league club Flamengo that they were looking into a possible swap with Ronaldo’s current employer AC Milan.

“This is not a marketing maneuver,” Leite said in Wednesday’s editions of the O Globo newspaper. “It’s a negotiation I’ve been conducting for the past three days, without sensationalism. I’ve talked twice with [AC Milan official] Leonardo and Ronaldo.”

He may be right. Since Ronaldo’s glorious tumble from great to soccer’s version of a degenerate, the only plausible reason someone would sign him revolves around a belief that he’s still got the stuff to score. AC Milan, on the other hand, slap them silly.

“A.C. Milan denies that it started a negotiation with Flamengo for the transfer of Ronaldo,” it said. “It denies also having authorized the Brazilian team for an eventual deal with the soccer player.”

Cheaters! We mean, liars! Flamengo’s coach thinks the, um, rumor is great news.

“It would be an excellent signing,” Flamengo coach Joel Santana told Radio Brasil. “A player of this quality would be a great gift for our fans for the 2008 season.”

Freeing up some of that stagnant mula Ronaldo’s hoarding would probably be a great gift to AC Milan, too.

Flamengo in talks to get Ronaldo [SI]
Image [AP]