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Ronaldinho To AC!

jason — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:53:00 +0000

The Ronaldinho era in the Camp Nou has come to an end. Barca’s play-maker will now be playing at the San Siro. This is a very happy moment for me and for all fans of AC!

The Low-Down:

Ronaldinho and Barca agree to send him to AC just a day after announcing that some form of an arrangement would occur 72 hours from then.
Ronaldinho agrees to a 3 year contract that will end on 30 June 2011. He will be 31 when the current contract ends.
AC Milan agree to pay 20 million Euro in exchange for ‘dinho and his services.

Analysis:

Ronaldinho is now the eighth new comer to join Milan. They have been really busy and they should be. While they are one of the top teams of the Serie A, they finished in 5th place. That means that they will not be playing in the Champion’s League this year, instead they will compete for the UEFA Cup. All in all, not bad, but for a premier club like this, the best is expected of them.

‘dinho should fit in nicely with a team that already has quite a few Brazilians. Digao, Kaka, Dida, Emerson, and the young Alexandre Pato will now be his teammates, so adjusting will not be that hard. Also, Gianluca Zambrotta came over on a free transfer. He has played in the spotlight of the Camp Nou and being at the top of La Liga, so the San Siro should not be any different. I think he will do very well here.

AC Milan’s Other Additions:

Matheu Flamini
Gianluca Zambrotta
Luca Antonini
Christian Abbiati
Marco Borriello
Ignazio Abate
Marco Storari

A fine pick up for the Rossoneri and something that I will really look forward to.

Drogba’s Dream

jason — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:15:20 +0000

As of recently Didier Drogba of the Premiership’s Chelsea has been asking for a transfer to Barcelona. He has even gone as far as telling his Ivory Coast National teammate Yaya Toure of his hopes and intentions.

The real question to ask is: Does the Camp Nou have any room for another striker?

With seasoned players with as much experience and talent as Drogba himself, who does he remove from the lineup as even a possible substitute? Barca already has the likes of Henry and Eto’o not to mention Lionel Messi in this role as well.

Also, the youth forwards in the Barca system should also have plenty to object about as well as another will only take away time from their development. Victor Vazquez, Bojan, and young Mexican future star Giovanni Dos Santos will surely wonder how much playing time they will all get with the addition of Drogba plus themselves.

However a counter argument to summarize and finalize this argument should be considered: If in-fact Ronaldinho is transferred away from The Nou, and even Eto’o. Then we probably will see a Drogba addition to the Barca side. Time will only tell.

The Ronaldinho Question

jason — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:08:57 +0000

The Big question is: How much longer will Ronaldinho be with Barcelona. I have much respect for ‘Dinho, but he lately does not show true class and ‘Soccer love and devotion’. He has been out late at night clubs and his late showings at Camp Nou and this current season have been very bad.

There are however possible reasons for this kind of behavior as can be seen with certain superstars that “could have been” or “were thought of have been”.

Some players come from poverty
Fame gets to their head
The team stops putting normal pressure on them

Analysis: Due to some players coming from literal poverty, the sudden fame and money that is at their hands goes to their head. Since they get this way, sometimes their level of play declines(sometime A LOT). Often these players will flaunt their wealth, not that this is a bad thing, but sometimes it is unnecessary. Sometimes their careers or expectations go down the tube…literally.

Anyhow: What will happen to Ronaldinho, will Barca keep him and next season he will be back and re-focused? Or will he get better in mid-season? Or will he continue these ways and end up on the transfer block?