In an interview to the British magazine 'Fourfourtwo,' the Brazilian states that he was very close to signing for Manchester City.
"My brother talked to the club several times and his project is so ambitious that interested in any player. At the moment there are great players and my brother looked very detendidamente the offer," he says.

Finally, Ronaldinho was the fate of Milan, but he assured that "certain the City to tempt more players."
The Brazilian stressed that the emphasis of the team that was the Lombard made him stop in Milan. "Berlusconi bearing four years of trying to punch and I thought it was time to play in Italy," he adds.