Ronaldo reveals Valladolid ambition

The former Real Madrid and Barcelona striker bought a 51% stake in the LaLiga side earlier this month for €30m and has now set his sights on establishing the club in Europe in the long term.

"I am really excited and I will give all my experience, all my thrill, all my excitement for this project to be successful," he enthused.

"This is not just the club's reputation at stake here, the fans' support and the hope of the whole city is at stake.

"We expect to have the whole country talking about us soon, and why not the whole of Europe?

"We have a dream and that's where we want to be (Europe). So there's a lot of work ahead of us, and we are ready to do it."

If the Samba star needed any insight as to the difficulty of his goals, Valladolid currently sit 19th in LaLiga and are yet to win a game so far this season.