The rumours have been around for ages but nobody until now has gone into such detail about Ronaldinho’s exploits as Daniel Garcia Marco who writes for the press agency DPA. According to Garcia Marco on Monday night, the night before Barça played Manchester, Ronaldinho was out until after 5am at the “Sandunguita” night club near […]

Barça and Milan are a long way from agreeing to a transfer fee for Ronaldinho. Reports say that Barça are asking for €50million for Ronnie and Zambrotta who would be included in the deal, while Milan say they are only prepared to pay €20million for the pair. It looks like it could be a long […]

According to both major Catalan sports papers Ronaldinho’s transfer to AC Milan is as good as done. Txiki Begiristain met Ernesto Bronzetti, acting for Milan, yesterday to discuss a transfer fee which is supposedly in the region of thirty million euros. Later Bronzetti met Ronaldinho’s brother, Roberto de Assis, to discuss personal terms, and in […]

According to today’s Guardian Ronaldinho’s brother and agent Roberto de Assis was seen at Manchester City’s ground before Saturday’s game with Chelsea. He is supposedly negotiating a possible transfer of Ronaldinho to the English club. The report says that City’s owner Thai millionaire Thaksin Shinawatra would be more than happy to pay Ronaldinho wages of […]

Ronaldinho did not train today due to him feeling more discomfort in his adductor muscle. The chances of him playing on Sunday are now very slim. Deco who limped out of yesterday’s session, today followed a specific recovery plan but is also doubtful. Gabi Milito also trained apart from his team mates due to a […]

With all the stories surrounding both players it was good to hear that they both trained normally with the group this afternoon. Milito and Toure did not train as they are recovering from yesterday’s game, while Eto’o who is nursing a calf injury only joined in the warm up. Deco is said to be in […]

After taking part in a training match for 60 minutes this afternoon Ronaldinho has received medical clearance to play again. Ronnie hasn’t played since Dec 23 due to a tendon problem in his left knee which has seen him on the sidelines missing eight matches. He will probably appear at some point during Thursday’s Copa […]

Jose Manuel Pinto has been officially presented as a Barça player this evening (Friday) at Camp Nou. Pinto passed his medical this morning and signed this afternoon. Frank Rijkaard said that Pinto “is here to play and not just to train.” Pinto will train with the first team tomorrow and almost definitely be on the list […]

The new year has not started well for Ronaldinho Gaucho. Struggling with a knee injury and criticised in the press, on Friday night he had to call for help from the firemen when a tree fell down at his house in Castelldefels.

First team doctor Ricard Pruna has confirmed that Ronaldinho will not be fit in time to make the trip to Mallorca for Saturday’s game. The Brazilian who is suffering from an inflamed tendon in the left knee will continue his particular recuperation plan in the hope of being fit next week.