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Time £15m Ronaldinho packed his Barcelona bags and joined Arsenal
The Brazilian superstar could be just the man to do what Eric Cantona did for Manchester United - and reignite the Gunners' charge for silverware.
by ArsenalnFriends.com on 02 June 2008
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In April 2007, I wrote an article suggesting why Ronaldinho should become an Arsenal player. That article can still be found on Sportingo or Arsenalnfriends. A year down the road, we are being given another opportunity to sign the former World Player of the Year - this time at a cut-price £15million.
Last time round, I quoted the reasons of rubbing shoulders with Thierry Henry, Gilberto Silva and Cesc Fabregas and running circles around John Terry and Rio Ferdinand. Plus the fact that Ronaldinho was unhappy at Barcelona and unhappy with his teammates.
Why would the Brazilian superstar sign for us this time round? Because now he is leaving Barcelona for sure as relationships have soured beyond repair. In addition, Dino needs to jump-start his career, which has come to a standstill at Barca. He needs to be the star to lead a team that is still very hungry for success. He cannot be joining Chelsea or Manchester United - their style does not suit him.
Ronaldinho can be our leading scorer at the forefront to replace Henry, giving extra power to an excellent strike force. With Emmanuel Adebayor, Aleksandr Hleb and Gilberto vowing to stay, Fabregas steering the wheels in midfield and Kolo Toure and William Gallas marshalling the defence, there is great incentive for Dino to pack his bags to join us at the Emirates. Together, there is a definite chance for Arsenal to win something.
On our part, we need a big star to lead us to titles! We are hungry for success after a few barren years. In the way Eric Cantona did for Man United, Ronaldino can be the booster for the Gunners to re-capture our glory. He can put the fun, the swagger and the finish to Arsenal's stylish plays - and add a little Brazilian samba and winning attitude to our almost perfect soccer. In addition, with Ronaldinho in our team, we can convince more big names to join us and build another dynasty together with the kids maturing at a rapid speed.
What is there to prevent this happening? Arsenal Wenger (or the Arsenal management) need to be convinced to pay the money to grab the Brazilian star and bring back the glory years. Show us the money! Don't let the chance slip away again or there will never be another chance for Dino (at 28 years old) or for us to bring a World Player of the Year to the Emirates.
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Comments (82)
by Seye Jin on June 02, 2008
its something i have been thinking about also. Never going to happen but the idea is great because i dont think ronaldinho is as washed up as everyone thinks. Arsenal really need a big time player not a nasri only, so as to carry the young guns on his back when things are down because of his vast experience
by yojan hjh on June 02, 2008
yo very right that is theman we need arsenalhave themoney why not?
by Paul on June 02, 2008
He would be an ideal signing for Arsenal
by Alex Kidd on June 02, 2008
wages?
by Lova on June 02, 2008
He will never return to his best again. Arsenal are not like many other clubs that need a big name to fill a stadium. Besides he is not and has never been leathal in front of the goal! Believe me, we do not need this Party-loving superstar in our club!!!!!! Waste of money!!! we might as well send the millions of pounds anonymously in to the gates of White Harte Lame, Old Crapford and Stamfart Bridges... Eto'o on the contrary...(who is in the same situation as him btw)
by md zain on June 02, 2008
I think ronnie should better go to arsenal instead of joining low placed teams like man city. it will surely bost arsenals power and bring some dead good style.
by sam off on June 02, 2008
yes the sort of deal arsene would make
by ani dg on June 02, 2008
too old
by Barry Smith on June 02, 2008
His wages would be out outrageous, plus he complains about getting foul to much in the spanish let alone the premiershp!!
by fem BB on June 02, 2008
doent have to be ronaldinho, even though it is wenger should be able to convince him to get back in shape and get lower wages because of his current situation.look at adriano,how well he's playing in brazil,washed up players want a team and coach that care for them not use them and i think wenger can instill his good attributes back to him and the young guns would make him feel at home because they would remind him of his young days.like gallas said he felt young and happy again when he joined arsenal
by vasan daniel on June 02, 2008
signing dino is very very very cleaver smart pro job done surely sucesses . please sign dino
by josh on June 02, 2008
doubt they would let him go for 15m. they were talking about selling him for like 20-30m and now you reckon he'll be able to come for 15m. this whole storys a loada crap. same old sportingo.
by Anon on June 02, 2008
Clearly haven't seen this guy play recently then? He has not played well for 2 seasons, overweight, highly criticised, rumours of being a drunk. Arsene Wenger has shown time and time again to cash in on players at the perfect time, only to see their production decline at their new club (Vieira/Henry). Barca should have sold Ronaldinho 2 years ago. Wenger will not sign someone whose best football is well behind them. There's a reason he's linked with Man City and none of the big guns are interested. I'd love to see Tottenham waste their time and money on this has been
by John Inkman on June 02, 2008
Arsenal seems like an easy team to fit in for a guy with flair its but quite the opposite. You have to play in certain style and that selfishness would'nt work in our system/style of play. I'd love to hear how others see that.
Why are everybody so eager for this guy??? is it because of his cool hairstyle? cause if so , I guess we could persuade Michael Jackson too... he's feeling down too cause of his current career status. No, seriously. I bet many of you want him so that you have a big name to compete with the other clubs. But I totally agree with Wenger. The club need big players, not big names. The team does not need Ronaldhino, but perhaps the fans need... but mark my words, in a year from now we'll have 6-7 really big names in our club. And those names by the way are already in the squad. But because they didnt win any trophies this year they are forgotten. Clichy, Sagna, Csec, Walcott, Toure, RVP will all be "David Villas" and "C.Ronaldos" and "Benzemas" next year!!
by conall gooner on June 02, 2008
this wud be the perfect signing 4 us i think u made all gr8 points but it would never happin he will be lookin 100 grand a week or around that n theres no way our wage policy wud cover that and for the people sayin he is washd up and 2 old go and fuk becuz he still has it jus becuz messi is younger and now slightly better doesnt mean hes shit. gr8 article m8
by Ashley Burns on June 02, 2008
Ronaldhino woul probably be a good signing for us to make, especially with the gaps thet are needingto be filled with hleb going. He would aslo provide good center forward insurance if our subs or reserves werent playing well when adebayor or eduardo gets injured (i think van persie will never have a full season again. But wenger doesnt like ronaldhino's type of player, and his wage demands would be too much for wenger to agree on (thats the reason we dont have nasri yet). I can actually imagine ronaldhino in an arsenal shirt but unfortuanately it will never happen. I would just like to say that although its great to buy young players a cheap prices, you need to get stars like chelsea and man u are buying because if what we are doing continues, in 2 or three years, Man u and chelsea are going to have teams with players like robinho, kaka, bemzema and ronaldo, while we are going to be developing young players and finishing 5 - 7 while tottenham spend their way to the top.
by Ray on June 02, 2008
RONALDINHO WILL NOT JOIN US, LETS FACE IT HOW CAN WE AFFORD HIS WAGES AND SECONDLY HE WILL NEED ANOTHER WORLD CLASS PLAYER WHO CAN PLAY THE SAME LEVEL LIKE HIM
by im LOLing n/a on June 02, 2008
I can understand if u have little knowledge about Arsenal eg u support a team outside prem etc. BUT thos of u who do claim to know a bit about Arsenal should quite clearly understand the club and above all Wenger's policy on signing players. We look for talent not past it players living off reputation from a season or so ago!! seriously why would u even want ronaldinho. the only reason i cud think of is to boost shirt sales in the far east etc! he is AVERAGE, let wenger find the new Ronaldinho, i suppose the majority of u guys who right on this forum would like to sign more crap that is almost or over 30 yeaars old, thats it lets sign Ronaldinho on a 2 yr deal!! I hear Christian Vieri is going for a cut price of 2.5M this summer, i ber that gets all ur tongues wagging! im stilll LOLing!!
by Ell Shepherd on June 02, 2008
I really do hope that Arsenal would sign him, but personally i couldnt see it in a million years. plus he doesnt want to come to England, or so he had said due to the "English Weather" as he proclaimly quoted
I really feel sorry for those of you guy who thinks that Ronaldhino could be the key to success. That mean that you admire Chelsea, Tottenham transfer/fotball philosophy. The reason we didnt win anything the last years was because we were building a team!!!! but that team is now highly competative!! cant you see??? 07/08 we were so close. and when we were at the top of the table nobody complained. Do you seriously think that 1 Ronaldhino would have kept us there? Or does it make more sense that 3-4 average Wenger-players were available when important players so inconveniantly got injured? Cant you guys see that our team already is top class?? a bit more luck like the other teams and all the tittles will come home to Emirates. Dont need billion dollars bling bling superstars.. I'd rather use available fundings to improve existing contracts. Maybe a Central Defender for back-up cause that Senderos thing going on is sooooooo not right. And neither is Eboue on the wing!!! make him back-up for Sagna and give room for Theo Lollipop!
Thank you!!! Finally an bright gooner!!!! I totally agree with you man!!!!!