Was presented yesterday as a new player from Flamengo

More than 20,000 fans to Ronaldinho Gaucho clothed in his official presentation as new player of Flamengo. The event took place at the headquarters of the club, in the tourist district of Gávea, Rio de Janeiro. Although it was scheduled for 16:00 (local time), was delayed about an hour and a half for the problems in accessing the campus from supporters. And that was opened at 14:00 hours. In fact, there was such an influx of people one of the gates gave way, despite the efforts of police and private security to prevent it, no-regrets injured. Still, the atmosphere remained festive, with lots of color in the stands (it is called on followers to luciesen black and red shirt Flamengo), live music, batucada and other paraphernalia.

And finally came the crack. Sporting the 10 in his new shirt, with shorts and a modern beret, Ronaldinho was the delight of its fans. He himself wanted to avoid receiving more, as that which took Romario in 1994 when he moved to Flamengo after winning the World Cup. Then the striker was escorted to the clubhouse for a massive caravan of fans.

Hardly was the former AC Milan 15 minutes to their fans. Difficulties came to the stage, where he hoped the president of the organization, Patricia Amorim, and gave him a few words to his followers: "Thank you all for your concern and your love. I hope to restore them in the field and carry the name of the Flamengo to as high as possible, winning as many titles as possible and give back the love of the fans."

Before his new maximum president encouraged his disciples: "All I can say is that here we have."

Yesterday I also met new figures from the operation. Ronaldinho will have a buyout clause of 182 million euros if any foreign club wants to sign him and 148 if the team is Brazilian.