“Ronaldo was from another planet, like a gift from God, but sometimes you’d see a piece of metal coming out of his knee. I was like, ‘What the f**k is that?!’” Christian Vieri on his best-ever team-mate

Ronaldo replaces Christian Vieri in an Inter game against Fiorentina in 2001.

Inter Milan’s attacking corps at the end of the 1990s were something to behold.

The likes of Ivan Zamorano, Nwankwo Kanu, Roberto Baggio, Nicola Ventola, Adrian Mutu and Alvaro Recoba all enjoyed stints at the San Siro in the run-up to the millennium, but the two biggest names on the books at that time were Christian Vieri and Ronaldo.