Newly hired by Flamengo, the Brazilian star Ronaldinho looks set to stay in Rio de Janeiro, where he just bought a dream mansion for 20 million reais
Newly hired by Flamengo, the Brazilian star Ronaldinho looks set to stay in Rio de Janeiro, where he just bought a dream mansion for 20 million reais (equivalent to about $ 12 million).
The residence is part of the luxury condominium Santa Monica Jardins, located in the suburb of Barra de Tijuca, west of Rio de Janeiro, and occupies an area of 3,500 square meters.
The playground has two tennis courts, several pools, a soccer field, a bar, a ballroom and an underground gym.
It's a real "Fantasy Island," said Cesar Armando, Property Manager of the company Patrimovel housing market, which he said, the house is worth about 9 million dollars, but as it was for sale, the player had to make a highest bid to convince the owner, an executive of the multinational Brazilian miner Vale.
The version that circulates in the housing market realizes that Ronaldinho, who is living in the presidential suite at the Windsor Hotel, Barra da Tijuca, went to visit another mansion in the Santa Monica condominium but fell in love with it.
He immediately spoke to the owners of the property, requested a visit to the property and, dazzled by the home and decoration, presented a proposal for the mansion and all its contents, can not refuse.
"It was the highest value of property in Barra de Tijuca. This will mobilize more than the market in the neighborhood," said Vice President of the Housing Business Association in Rio de Janeiro (Secovi), Leonardo Schneider, the newspaper "O Globo".