Ronaldo's car was hit by a bottle thrown by a fan as it was leaving the San Siro Stadium. His parents, sister and nephew were also in the car but no one was hurt.

``I can accept the whistles, they may have even been justified on that occasion...Since I and the whole team played horribly against Udinese,'' the Brazilian said. ``But what really hurt was the attempted assault as I was leaving the stadium,'' he told the Gazzetta Dello sport daily.

``In this climate of tension and fear, somebody could decide to leave Inter,'' he added. Ronaldo was speaking from Spain, where he is set to play for Brazil against his old club Barcelona.

Inter issued a statement last evening, deploring the fans whothrews stones and bottles at players' cars.

``Violence...is absolutely unacceptable. The club points out that a few hooligans fortunately are not representative in any way of Inter fans as a whole.

Ronaldo said he had not yet thought of leaving Inter, but added: ``the future is something that is planned day by day, experience after experience.And every good intention must always be confirmed by the facts.''