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OFFICIAL: MILAN GET RONALDINHO
Tuesday 15 July, 2008
Milan have officially announced they have agreed a deal to sign Ronaldinho from Barcelona.

“AC Milan and FC Barcelona have reached an agreement for the transfer of Ronaldinho to the Rossoneri,” read the statement.

“The player will be in Milan tomorrow to undergo a medical and sign the contract that will tie him to the club until June 30, 2011.”

It was confirmed the Brazilian will leave Barcelona at 11.00 local time on Wednesday morning on the same flight as general manager Adriano Galliani.

The financial details have not yet been revealed, but it is expected to have been sealed in the region of £15m.

The offer was substantially lower than Manchester City’s £25.5m bid, but Ronaldinho’s desire to join Milan has been evident for many months.

He now goes to bolster an already strong Brazilian contingent at San Siro alongside Kaka and Alexandre Pato for an all-Selecao front three.

“Tomorrow Ronaldinho will undergo a medical and, if he passes, he will become a Milan player,” grinned Galliani on Sky Italia.

The official was on his way to a restaurant in Barcelona with President Joan Laporta, agent Roberto De Assis, FIFA go-between Ernesto Bronzetti and of course Ronaldinho himself to celebrate the deal.

It was reported one of the main sticking points over the last few hours was the fee that needed to go to his former club, Paris Saint-Germain, but Milan and Barca managed to iron out the remaining details.

[han2503]

@han2503: In a way they're right. But to say the wouldn't have welcomed him, is like us, now saying, thank God we didn't get Eto'o. He's an idiot and too expensive. The fact is Man City couldn't offer him anything. He would be surrounded in a pool of average to just above par players. He would automatically be the target for all opposition players, and Man City are probably not challenging for any trophy this season other than the FA Cup. He'd always be branded as the player who chose to become the big fish in a small pond for the added bucks!

R10 did what was right by him, and it's worked out in our favour. But thank god, he didn't go with Chelsea, now that was something I was worried about!

Of course Man City had nothing to offer him, no matter how much money their new owner is willing to put in first he has to fond a way to attract that player and right now they have no pulling power, money might talk put prestige and history talk as well, Chelsea might have done it but they did it wisely not starting out trying to throw cash at Ronaldinho of all players

And with that they might not ever be able to break into the top for not to mention Villa and Spurs who both have good teams that might break into the top 4 if Liverpool or Arsenal slip up.

Money does speak and if R10 was a money whore like he's been accused of being in the past I don't think that he would have any problems with going to city sitting on his @ss week in week out and getting his huge pay check. He's already won everything there is to win in football so it wouldn't have bothered him that much. But he chose to come to Milan earning a wage that is equivelent to that of a player like Brocchi and commited to working hard and proving himself all over again.

Not what I meant. I mean if you're going to spend fairly big money it should improve the team in my eyes it doesn't it just gives us a lesser duplicate of someone we already have that's what I intended it to mean.

Kaka and Dinho are definately not replica's it completely 2 different styles of football and played in the right way he and Kaka will be able to do great thing together.

The WC of 06 should be forgetten Brazil failed because of their coach and that stupid magic square thing that was bound to fail from the beginning, no matter what form Kaka and R10 were in at the time