I couldn’t resist taking this photo from Manel Montilla for El Mundo Deportivo. Ronaldinho said he would respond on the pitch, and while he didn’t have his greatest game he showed touches of his class. From the picture I think we can see he was certainly keen to get back into the fray. 

In an interview in today’s El Mundo Deportivo - http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/  Ronaldinho stated he “will respond on the pitch” to all the questions that have been asked in relation to his private life. Ronnie claimed that he behaves no differently to how he has always behaved in his time at the club saying that he knows “when I can […]

Ronaldinho has been included in the squad to travel to Germany where Barça take on Stuttgart on Tuesday in the Champions League. Ronnie has missed the last three matches due to a calf injury. Also included in the squad is Rafa Marquez who missed yesterday’s game against Levante through injury.

According to Barça president Joan Laporta, Ronaldinho “won’t play against Zaragoza or on Saturday in Valencia against Levante, but he has said that he will be there for the game in Stuttgart on October 2nd”.

Ronaldinho has been left out of the squad for tonight’s big game with Sevilla. The official reason is that he has problems with his right calf muscle, however with so many rumours surrounding him, who knows if this is the real reason.

Sevilla visit Camp Nou tonight in a game which marks the 50th anniversary of the stadium. The match will be preceded by various celebratory acts and the new plan for the redevelopment of the stadium will be revealed.

There were mixed fortunes for Barça players in the latest international matches. Ronaldinho came out better than Rafa Marquez as Brazil beat Mexico 3-1 in Boston, Giovani dos Santos came on as sub for the last 16 minutes.

Ronaldinho Gaucho capped a fine performance with a goal in Brazil’s 4-2 win over USA in yesterday’s friendly match. Ronnie also played a part in Brazil’s first two goals. First he set up Kaka to shoot and the goalkeeper’s save rebounded off a defender for an own goal. Lucio then headed home a Ronaldinho corner […]

Ronaldinho will no longer occupy a non-european place as today he swore on the Spanish constitution to become officially a Spanish citizen. Giovani dos Santos is also expected to gain Spanish citizenship in the next few days. This means that Barça will have only Eto’o and Touré as non-EU players.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/gabriele_marcotti/article1963015.ece  
This has been on various sites but I thought I’d give it the Barça angle. Five Barça players make the top 21 places which is pretty impressive. Messi should be higher than ninth and perhaps Eto’o is a bit high at fourth. What I can’t understand is there’s no place for Xavi, Iniesta or Deco while […]