Shoovers
03-12-2007, 04:01 PM
Source: Skysports.com
Middlesbrough are reported to have lodged a bid for Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho.
Reports in Catalunya, including their leading daily Sport, claim that despite all the rumours surrounding Ronaldinho (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11680_2941112,00.html#) and his future, Boro are the only firm bidders so far.
Milan and Chelsea are known admirers and look set to go head-to-head to land the 27-year-old - if and when he is made available by Barca, who continually insist that he is staying at Camp Nou.
Ambitious
Now lowly Boro - who have a firm liking for Brazilians having signed eight over the past decade - have seemingly made what appears to be a cheeky bid for Ronaldinho as reports state their offer is as low as 15million euros (£10million).
Boro, whose support has continued to dwindle this term, would love to have a repeat of the Juninho era, which although was destined to failure, saw sell-outs at The Riverside on a weekly basis - interest which the club has not been able to rekindle.
However, even though Boro's bid has been acknowledged - it seems doomed to failure as even if Barca accepted, Ronaldinho is highly unlikely to sacrifice his Barcelona career for a team which now has only memories of European football rather than ambitions of it.
A bit optimistic dont ya think lol.
Your views ?
Middlesbrough are reported to have lodged a bid for Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho.
Reports in Catalunya, including their leading daily Sport, claim that despite all the rumours surrounding Ronaldinho (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11680_2941112,00.html#) and his future, Boro are the only firm bidders so far.
Milan and Chelsea are known admirers and look set to go head-to-head to land the 27-year-old - if and when he is made available by Barca, who continually insist that he is staying at Camp Nou.
Ambitious
Now lowly Boro - who have a firm liking for Brazilians having signed eight over the past decade - have seemingly made what appears to be a cheeky bid for Ronaldinho as reports state their offer is as low as 15million euros (£10million).
Boro, whose support has continued to dwindle this term, would love to have a repeat of the Juninho era, which although was destined to failure, saw sell-outs at The Riverside on a weekly basis - interest which the club has not been able to rekindle.
However, even though Boro's bid has been acknowledged - it seems doomed to failure as even if Barca accepted, Ronaldinho is highly unlikely to sacrifice his Barcelona career for a team which now has only memories of European football rather than ambitions of it.
A bit optimistic dont ya think lol.
Your views ?