Palmeiras today announced it is withdrawing its bid to recruit Ronaldinho, so Flamengo left alone as the sole contender for the signing of Brazilian star.
Palmeiras today announced it is withdrawing its bid to recruit Ronaldinho, so Flamengo left alone as the sole contender for the signing of Brazilian star.
Palmeiras President Luiz Gonzaga Belluzzo, today released a statement that in addition to officially announce the signing waiver, took the opportunity to criticize the player's agent and brother Roberto de Assis, by the way they conducted the negotiations.
Belluzzo said that contacts with Assis began last June and said he was negotiating on its own until December, when the interest arose Gremio and Flamengo.
On 2 January, Assis Palmeiras presented a counterproposal "final", which was accepted by the club, so the manager thought he had the "Guarantee" that was closed the signing of footballer of 30 years, according to the note.
"Since then, we received several evasive answers, and there were unsuccessful attempts to contact", the leader complained of Palmeiras, who said he was "surprised" to see how Assis continued negotiations with Gremio and Flamengo.
This Saturday, the president of Flamengo, Patricia Amorim, met in Rio de Janeiro to Milan vice president Adriano Galliani, who said Ronaldinho had a "99.9 percent" chance of a move to Flamengo.
Amorim said that only need to define "details" to announce the signing of the player, which will occur between Monday and Tuesday, as the president of Flamengo.
After the pronouncement of Galliani, the board of the Guild offered on Saturday a press conference to announce he would not continue with negotiations and to report that they also had a bespoken agreement since late last month.
The Guild awaited the arrival of Ronaldinho in Porto Alegre this Friday to sign the contract and be presented officially to the fans.
The auction for the former Barcelona player has been criticized by all the press and respected Brazilian soccer stars, including Pele, Ronaldinho who recommended me to play "free" in the Guild, to show their love for the colors the club that was formed.