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Love the not around bit... i'm been a Madrid fan since 1984 when i was 9... spare me the drama kid
Daily stores about Dinho... If you've been around you can see also daily stories about every potential star on Marca & AS and all the Spanish press don't need to go as far as 2003 but you can simply see how many stories linked us to Falcao since March on DAILY news , how many with Cavani , how many times Cavani parents spoke about Real Madrid did they move ? Suarez ? Hell even Ibra
It's part of our strategy in the transfer market to pull three(the third one IF POSSIBLE ) things
1- Destabilize the club player in case we are serious
2- enforce the player to ask for a transfer
3- move to a completely different direction away from the eyes of other clubs
This is what we did with Beckham in the summer of 2003 , when Laporta was announcing him as his marquee signing .. Real agreed terms with the player a long time ago
Real bid was for the future but Dinho insisted on leaving PSG and was going AWOL on them , they wanted to sell quickly and now and the only two clubs who wanted him now was you & United.. we didn't have the position or the full amount to get Dinho that summer after we splashed on Beckham , our proposal was clearly to pay 8 Million Euro (as i said we didn't have more cash ) but keep him for a year as i said in my previous post CERTAINLY NOT THAT SUMMER
It wasn't the last day of the transfer as you lie about (where is Dinho is ugly link ? or it's just another lie ) , I'm sure you can see the offer for him to stay for a year was made as early as July (you can google it ) because once again we had no spot (nor cash ) for him and Dinho first choice wasn't even us but United who offered him an instant move as he wanted to get away from PSG and CL
Dinho was in Madrid not negotiation with Real , it was made publicly he was shooting an advert for Pepsi... L'equipe !! lol s'il vous plaît give me a break
Graille words was clear that our offer was the best bid not because of finance but because we would have allowed him to stay for a year in PSG (a club banned from transfers by UEFA back than ) , the only transfer bid (not a PROPOSAL like Real one ) offers came from you , United & Chelsea... Rosell made the move happen eventually as well know and United lost the bid
Ronaldinho move wasn't a priority this summer nor you stole it from us in the last moment as you claim , it was you or United at the end as we couldn't and didn't make a bid due to the fee requested
here is from ESPN
ESPNsoccernet: Europe Soccernet
Sunday, July 6, 2003
ESPNsoccernet: July 7, 2:08 PM UK
PSG: Ronaldinho will join Real Madrid
Manchester United look set to miss out on transfer target Ronaldinho as Real Madrid are close to securing the Brazilian's services.
Real have already signed England captain David Beckham from United and snatched the Old Trafford club's assistant manager, Carlos Queiroz, to be their boss.
Ronaldinho is likely to join them at the Bernabeu according to Francis Graille, president of his current club Paris St Germain.
'We're very close to an agreement for Ronaldinho with Real. And we're confident we can find a solution,' Graille told The News Of The World. 'Real want to sign Ronaldinho for the season after next, which is good for us as we want him to stay for one more season.
'Manchester made a modest offer that wasn't worth considering. We've not had any contact with them since we turned down their offer.'
Ronaldinho's agent and brother Roberto Assis said: 'What footballer wouldn't love to play for Real? All the superstars play for them.'
And the player himself continues to lead the posse of clubs chasing him a merry dance with another hint that he might choose Real Madrid.
Real are thought to be offering a 33 per cent down payment on a total fee said to be worth around £24million. However, Ronaldinho has raised more questions than answers by engaging in word games on a flying visit to Madrid for the filming of a Pepsi advert.
'I don't want to talk about my future, because I am on holiday,' he said, before implying he would prefer the option of the Spanish champions.
One ambiguous expression used by the Brazilian World Cup winner further fuelled speculation he could become the Magnificent Seventh 'Galactico' alongside Raul, Roberto Carlos, Luis Figo, Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham.
'Tengo la mente en blanco,' he said in Spanish, which can be translated either as 'I have an open mind' or also 'I am thinking about white' - that would appear to be a reference to Madrid.
However, reports in Spain and Paris suggest that the player would prefer to move immediately rather than next year and that could be the biggest obstacle to a move to the Bernabeu Stadium.
The Brazilian further complicated matters by catching a plane to London when he left Madrid.
'I don't know if I'll be returning to England to play or not next season,' he said before departing.
If he is indeed planning on gracing the Premier League next season, Chelsea and not United could be his destination thanks to the millions of pounds made available since the club's takeover by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich.
Since the Siberian-based oil baron agreed to take over the London club he has been linked with a host of Europe`s top footballers.
'There is also some interest from Chelsea, although there hasn't been an official offer put to the club yet,' Ronaldinho`s agent and brother Roberto Assis said on Friday.
On July 10 Ronaldinho is expected to join PSG at their pre-season training camp.
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where FC Barcelona fans can celebrate his ever increasing delusional decisions.
That's some deep shit, and I only feel respect for Rosell! I didn't know about it till now
