AC Milan supremo Silvio Berlusconi is reportedly
prepared to pay a mind-boggling £89million to prise Ronaldinho from
Barcelona.
Spanish daily AS claims that Berlusconi is prepared to pay the 125
million Euros required to trigger Ronaldinho's buy-out clause at
Barca.
The report claims that Milan will make a series of bids for the
Brazilian forward, but if they do not succeed then such is
Berlusconi's desire to bring him to the San Siro, he will meet the
enormous buy-out clause, which would comfortably break the world
transfer record currently held by Real Madrid, who paid
£45.6million for Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
AS goes on to claim that an agreement has already been reached
between Ronaldinho and Milan that will see him sign a five-year
contract worth around £6million a year, plus exclusive image
rights.
Ronaldinho has been in extensive contract negotiations with the
Catalan giants to improve his current deal, which runs until
2010.
However talks have stalled, leaving the prospect of the Brazilian
joining the European champions open.
