Flamengo keen on Ronaldo transfer
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Brazilian club Flamengo have started negotiations to take AC Milan striker Ronaldo back to South America.
The three-time world player of the year has struggled to impress Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti and has also suffered a series of persistent injuries.
The 31-year-old is in Brazil receiving treatment for a shin injury, but Flamengo vice president Kleber Leite said it would not hinder the transfer.
Ronaldo signed for AC Milan in January 2007 from Spanish giants Real Madrid.
"We have made contact with the player and we are certain he can launch his career again here," Leite told Italian paper Gazzetta dello Sport.
Ronaldo's contract finishes in June 2008, but Milan will be hoping to get back some of the £5m they paid Real for the striker's services.
Flamengo are keen to upstage their city rivals Sao Paulo, who secured a six-month loan for Inter Milan's Brazilian international Adriano last week. -
Will he? Will he not?
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Milan: No Ronaldo Talks With Flamengo
Milan have poured cold waters on reports that they have entered negotiations to sell misfiring Brazilian striker Ronaldo to Flamengo.
"Milan denies having started negotiations with Flamengo for Ronaldo's transfer," read a statement on MilanÂ’s official website.
Earlier on Wednesday, Flamengo vice-president Kleber Leite was quoted as saying that the Rossoneri had given him permission to begin talks with Ronaldo and that the legendary Brazilian striker was interested in a potential deal. He even went as far as claiming that the veteran striker had already submitted himself to an extensive medical, which he allegedly passed with a clean bill of health. -
wah i seriously never see Milan post this sort of thing online before. not even during that time when Real Madrid came out all those rumours about Kaka.
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A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
12/26/2007
MILAN - A.C. Milan denies to have started a negotiation with Flamengo for the transfer of Ronaldo; therefore also denies to have authorized the same Brazilian club for an eventual agreement with the footballer.
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don't tink he will leave milan
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Ronaldo's Father: My Son Wants To Play For Flamengo
Ronaldo's father, Nelio, has commented on the recent speculation linking his son with a move to Flamengo.
It was recently reported that Brazilian outfit Flamengo had begun negotiations with AC Milan's Ronaldo with a view towards a transfer for the player back to his homeland.
Indeed, Flamengo's president was quoted on a Brazilian website as saying that talks were well underway. However, AC Milan moved quickly to deny this, and subsequently all was quiet.
However, Ronaldo's father himself now claims that his son, who is currently in convalescence in Brazil, has his heart set on a switch to the Rio outfit.
Speaking to the Gazzetta dello Sport, Nelio remarked, "He's always talking of his desire to move to Flamengo, who he supports, and sooner or later he will do so."
For his part, Flamengo president Kleber Leite has once again fanned the flames of speculation by claiming that he wishes to offer the troubled forward a deal through to 2010.
His current AC Milan contract expires in June 2008.