Chelsea FC makes Bid for Ronaldinho

[wilheim]

The Brazilian World Cup winner has had a superb debut season in Spain after rejecting a move to Manchester United last summer, and is said to be the target of top clubs across Europe.

Real Madrid are long-term admirers, yet according to Barcelona vice-president Sandro Rossell, it is Chelsea and billionaire owner Roman Abramovich who have made the first move.

"Chelsea have offered him a good contract," Rosell said. "We don't know anything but we know that the player will want to stay at Barca. We will put the highest clause on him so that no club can pay it.”

If the Londoners have indeed offered Ronaldinho a contract, they may well find themselves in bother with UEFA for approaching him without seeking permission from Barcelona.

Reuters

 

[JackDee]

the shameless money laundering going on by the russian mafioso over at chelsea, and the selling out of billions of the russian people's collective wealth, might be a sign of these post cold war, post soviet communismm, times, but it's also quite offensive and revolting.

 

[souzathelooza]

I couldn't agree with you more JD.

 

[soccerbob]

While I didn't particularly like the crazy spending that goes on in the sports world, it's really no different than the business world or everyday life in general. Abramovich has the cash and he wants to win so as long as he can go out and buy tons of world class players, then he's going to do it. If the soccer world doesn't like it, then they should institute some types of controls. Such as a salary cap, a transfer fee cap or a cap on buying out the remainder of a players's contract.

That being said. I'd love to have Ronaldinho on my team. He really is a marvelous player.