Middlesbrough are reported to have lodged a bid for
Barcelona superstar Ronaldinho.
Reports in Catalunya, including their leading daily Sport, claim
that despite all the rumours surrounding Ronaldinho and his future,
Boro are the only firm bidders so far.
Milan and Chelsea are known admirers and look set to go
head-to-head to land the 27-year-old - if and when he is made
available by Barca, who continually insist that he is staying at
Camp Nou.
Ambitious
Now lowly Boro - who have a firm liking for Brazilians having
signed eight over the past decade - have seemingly made what
appears to be a cheeky bid for Ronaldinho as reports state their
offer is as low as 15million euros (£10million).
Boro, whose support has continued to dwindle this term, would love
to have a repeat of the Juninho era, which although was destined to
failure, saw sell-outs at The Riverside on a weekly basis -
interest which the club has not been able to rekindle.
However, even though Boro's bid has been acknowledged - it seems
doomed to failure as even if Barca accepted, Ronaldinho is highly
unlikely to sacrifice his Barcelona career for a team which now has
only memories of European football rather than ambitions of it.
