Ronaldo itching for Premiership move

Brazil superstar Ronaldo wants to play in England.

The joint leading scorer in the World Cup revealed his ambition just 48 hours before facing England in the quarter-final which is being billed in Japan as the 'final everyone wanted'.

"I still have inside me the itch to play in England which won't go away," said Ronaldo.

"They have a wonderful championship and though everybody talks about the Spanish and Italian leagues people who love football must agree the English league has a flair of its own."

Ronaldo, who suffered a seizure before the World Cup final in France four years ago and suffered a potentially career-ending knee injury shortly afterwards, insists Brazil's side of brilliant individuals but dodgy defence will not buckle under the pressure of their quarter-final with England on Friday.

It is the first time the two countries have played a competitive international since the match in 1970 in Mexico when Jairzinho scored the only goal and Pele and Bobby Moore famously embraced at the end.

"I will go into the match with all my power," said Ronaldo, whose fitness level according to England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is at its best for four years.

"If we beat England I think we can reach our goal of winning the World Cup. It will be the best match of the World Cup so far.

"We can stand all the pressure because there is no fear of pressure. We have been in so many pressure situations before, this is just another one.

Ronaldo, who notched his fifth goal of the competition against Belgium to move alongside Germany's Miroslav Klose, also reckons the only way his side will beat England is to stick to their tactics of all-out attack.

"We have to go at England from the start without thinking too much about the opposition and play our own football," he said.