Boro in for Ronnie

[Morph]

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.

[Guest]

It's a very good challenge for Ronnie, much better than playing for Barca.

[Dhav]

It's a very good challenge for Ronnie, much better than playing for Barca.

This made me laugh. No idea why

[thesilverfoxlfc]

This is a good as Brum going for Lippi

[Red Chilli]

It's a very good challenge for Ronnie, much better than playing for Barca.

It certainly is

[Jayesh87]

good luck to him

[carrsim]

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.

for 15 million euros we should be all over it

[dww]

Does anyone get the impression this has to be them sounding out Barca for someone else. I guess it could just be a very odd publicity stunt but I would have thought they would be better off looking for an up and coming player to boost the image of the club (who they might actually get) than this which is a little bit desperate/mad looking.

[DeeGame]

you cannot be serious

[Rich]

I expect Ronaldinho is struggling to pull the ladies in glamorous Barcelona, he's thinking he might do better in Middlesbrough - oh this is FACT by the way.

[Guest]

I expect Ronaldinho is struggling to pull the ladies in glamorous Barcelona, he's thinking he might do better in Middlesbrough - oh this is FACT by the way.

Prove it.

[Dan]

I expect Ronaldinho is struggling to pull the ladies in glamorous Barcelona, he's thinking he might do better in Middlesbrough - oh this is FACT by the way.

He's pulling Rijkaard's daughter who's got a slight resemblance to her father. Can you imagine him shagging someone who looked a bit like Southgate

[orri]

[slimbimjim]

Perhaps Juninho has had a word?

[The Barber]

its almost as funny as reqelme (sp) to everton