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Faustus

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...because my sides just split:

 

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_2941112,00.html

 

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 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.

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Read that on the BBC gossip bit. Rediculous.

 

Not ridiculous at all Boro have a history of signing big names dispite what everyone might think

If they pulled it off then the extra on the gate and the Sky Money would pay his wages they could also attract other players who might not have gone there

Fact is he has to leave Spain or pay a Tax bill.

He can use Boro as a stepping stone for 12 months and in Jan Next year he could go where he likes and not be cup tied for Europe he wouldn't have to pay tax either Why Boro well as i said they have done this a few times so can handle what needs to be done so not as daft as it sounds when you first read it

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Not ridiculous at all Boro have a history of signing big names dispite what everyone might think

If they pulled it off then the extra on the gate and the Sky Money would pay his wages they could also attract other players who might not have gone there

Fact is he has to leave Spain or pay a Tax bill.

He can use Boro as a stepping stone for 12 months and in Jan Next year he could go where he likes and not be cup tied for Europe he wouldn't have to pay tax either Why Boro well as i said they have done this a few times so can handle what needs to be done so not as daft as it sounds when you first read it

 

 

That would have been a sight. Ronaldinho running around under the layer of smog that is Boro.

 

Anyway, I don't think Ronaldinho really needs a stepping stone to be able to get a deal with one of the big clubs in England...

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We should take the £17m rafa wants to spend on Mascherano, add another £10m or so to it and make a decent bid ourselves.

 

Other than you going off the humour track, why is it the fans always act like the club had money printing machines installed in the basement?

 

"10 mils -- pocket changes. 50 mils, no problem, some people just have to put in an extra shift".

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