Ronaldinho joins hometown club Gremio: report
09:07, 5 January 2011
ROME. January 5. KAZINFORM Ronaldinho, a two-time World Player of The Year and 2002 World Cup winner, has signed a deal to join Brazilian club Gremio from AC Milan, Italy's local newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Tuesday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The newspaper claimed Ronaldinho's brother and agent Roberto de Assis has reached an agreement with hometown club Gremio, where the 30-year-old began his career in 1998.
Ronaldinho joined Milan from Barcelona in 2008 but despite occasional flurries of his best form he lost his place in the starting line-up after Milan signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho last summer; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
See www.xinhuanet.com/english2010