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We all know who he is and what he can do - just look at the 2002 World Cup that recently ended at a time that seems so-long-ago, or even the 2001/02 season in La Liga with Barcelona - which turned out to be his last for the club. HE is the player clubs such as Newcastle and lazio have been keeping a watchfull eye on for the last few seasons.
If anything's really helped his career to flurish and help him to reach his full-potential as a recognised Brazillian 'Superstar' then it has to have been from that day when he signed on the dotted line at the Nou Camp for Spanish giants Barcelona. Everything he's achieved since then - and not just at club level - has really helped him to become worthy of the millions of pounds he has been earning on an annual basis.
But now his time in Spain has come to an end - well, at Barcelona anyway.
Has he joined Newcastle for £20m??? Or is it Lazio for a Serie A record breaking 40???? No, and no to even the likes of Manchester United.
The man who makes the millions has been RELEASED from his contract with Barcelona for FREE - apparently due to Mutual Consent.
My first reaction to this is that Barcelona have gone mad - and I bet you were somewhere along the same lines too!
But when you stop and think about the Financial Crisis that has hit Italian Football and is slowly sailing over to Spain, and contextualise that with the number of 0's you see in Rivaldo's Bank Account, you can see that this suicidal move HAS been thought about and that many options - if not all - have been thoroughly considered.
"If it's all down to money then why didn't they sell him!??"
I hear you cry.
"They could fetch-in a good 40-50 million if not more!"
Is added to your cries of dis-belief.
It's all true, and there ARE reasonable explanations.
The transfer of a player of Rivaldo's calibur could take quite some time to complete. No, of course there would be interest in him, but sifting through the good parts and the bad parts to get the best deal would be the hardest part. And in that time of multiple-negotiations, he'd still be a player contrcated to the club, and therefore he'd still be recieving his wages - and that wouldn't help the club one bit for a player on something as rediculous as £100k per week!
And anyway, many of the big-names would barely be able to afford the transfer fee ALONE with the financial problems currently on-going elsewhere.
Man United would be a safe bet, but they just aren't interested in the 30 year old anymore. With Italy out of the question that's one mass-market of potential buyers out of the question.
The only club remaining are Newcastle! And Sir Bobby Robson isn't the type of man who'll rashly spend so much in one move - even if the one player you'd recieve could do so much!
So it looks like this 30-year old World Cup Cheater is stuck in a rut that he may not be able to get out of anytime soon. And even if he does survive, would he really be happy spending nights at home infront of a heater in a town like Newcastle??
He may have to take what's best for the remaining years of his career - even if he doesn't like it!
So then, what is best for him???
Newcastle have been on-his-tail for a good few years now and this is probabyl going to be the best chance the club will ever have of landing a World Cup superstar! Even if they loose a lot financially, they could have got a lot back come this time next summer!
There's nothing wrong with playing in the Premiership either. You're in amongst the best in possibly the greatest league in the world!
And to add to that there's the FA Cup, League Cup, the chance to play at Old Trafford and the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, and you'd be guarrenteed 2 fixtures against Man United - the team everyone loves to hate!
Unless of course you're PLAYING at Old Trafford on a regular basis.
But they've said no, and so to have Leeds.
Everyone else seems happy with their attack in the Premiership, and it's not like even United would be tempted to give him £100k-a-week after the £30m capture of Rio Ferdinand and his £70k weekly charges.
Germany, Scotland, or maybe a return to Brazil may be the only other options to the Brazillian due to 'Money Issues' and so-on.
But I still don't think he'd be happy like a Barcelona player there either.
Germany would simply be too rough for him, with too-much of 'The Passing Game', which would lead him to cheat again and try to do things like a one-man team.
Scotland would just be too easy for him - like it is for many great players, and it's not like he'd helped the money problems there either.
He could retutn home to Spain, but there'd be too much demand for him and you never know what problems might come if he was at Real Madrid away to Barcelona! And Spannish clubs seem to spend enough anyway!
So the door to the Premiership could be open to this well-known 30-year old - if he is prepared to put-up-with the 'different' lifestyle of chilly Geordie Land just to play amongst the very best.
Aside from that, it seems that the paths to where he may want to go have all been closed or blocked off. It's an awkward situation for such a talented aeging footballer.
Put yourself in Rivaldo's shoes.... would you agree to join Newcastle and accept a massive wage-cut to do so????
Knowing the modern-day footallers, i'm not so sure he would!
If anything's really helped his career to flurish and help him to reach his full-potential as a recognised Brazillian 'Superstar' then it has to have been from that day when he signed on the dotted line at the Nou Camp for Spanish giants Barcelona. Everything he's achieved since then - and not just at club level - has really helped him to become worthy of the millions of pounds he has been earning on an annual basis.
But now his time in Spain has come to an end - well, at Barcelona anyway.
Has he joined Newcastle for £20m??? Or is it Lazio for a Serie A record breaking 40???? No, and no to even the likes of Manchester United.
The man who makes the millions has been RELEASED from his contract with Barcelona for FREE - apparently due to Mutual Consent.
My first reaction to this is that Barcelona have gone mad - and I bet you were somewhere along the same lines too!
But when you stop and think about the Financial Crisis that has hit Italian Football and is slowly sailing over to Spain, and contextualise that with the number of 0's you see in Rivaldo's Bank Account, you can see that this suicidal move HAS been thought about and that many options - if not all - have been thoroughly considered.
"If it's all down to money then why didn't they sell him!??"
I hear you cry.
"They could fetch-in a good 40-50 million if not more!"
Is added to your cries of dis-belief.
It's all true, and there ARE reasonable explanations.
The transfer of a player of Rivaldo's calibur could take quite some time to complete. No, of course there would be interest in him, but sifting through the good parts and the bad parts to get the best deal would be the hardest part. And in that time of multiple-negotiations, he'd still be a player contrcated to the club, and therefore he'd still be recieving his wages - and that wouldn't help the club one bit for a player on something as rediculous as £100k per week!
And anyway, many of the big-names would barely be able to afford the transfer fee ALONE with the financial problems currently on-going elsewhere.
Man United would be a safe bet, but they just aren't interested in the 30 year old anymore. With Italy out of the question that's one mass-market of potential buyers out of the question.
The only club remaining are Newcastle! And Sir Bobby Robson isn't the type of man who'll rashly spend so much in one move - even if the one player you'd recieve could do so much!
So it looks like this 30-year old World Cup Cheater is stuck in a rut that he may not be able to get out of anytime soon. And even if he does survive, would he really be happy spending nights at home infront of a heater in a town like Newcastle??
He may have to take what's best for the remaining years of his career - even if he doesn't like it!
So then, what is best for him???
Newcastle have been on-his-tail for a good few years now and this is probabyl going to be the best chance the club will ever have of landing a World Cup superstar! Even if they loose a lot financially, they could have got a lot back come this time next summer!
There's nothing wrong with playing in the Premiership either. You're in amongst the best in possibly the greatest league in the world!
And to add to that there's the FA Cup, League Cup, the chance to play at Old Trafford and the Cardiff Millennium Stadium, and you'd be guarrenteed 2 fixtures against Man United - the team everyone loves to hate!
Unless of course you're PLAYING at Old Trafford on a regular basis.
But they've said no, and so to have Leeds.
Everyone else seems happy with their attack in the Premiership, and it's not like even United would be tempted to give him £100k-a-week after the £30m capture of Rio Ferdinand and his £70k weekly charges.
Germany, Scotland, or maybe a return to Brazil may be the only other options to the Brazillian due to 'Money Issues' and so-on.
But I still don't think he'd be happy like a Barcelona player there either.
Germany would simply be too rough for him, with too-much of 'The Passing Game', which would lead him to cheat again and try to do things like a one-man team.
Scotland would just be too easy for him - like it is for many great players, and it's not like he'd helped the money problems there either.
He could retutn home to Spain, but there'd be too much demand for him and you never know what problems might come if he was at Real Madrid away to Barcelona! And Spannish clubs seem to spend enough anyway!
So the door to the Premiership could be open to this well-known 30-year old - if he is prepared to put-up-with the 'different' lifestyle of chilly Geordie Land just to play amongst the very best.
Aside from that, it seems that the paths to where he may want to go have all been closed or blocked off. It's an awkward situation for such a talented aeging footballer.
Put yourself in Rivaldo's shoes.... would you agree to join Newcastle and accept a massive wage-cut to do so????
Knowing the modern-day footallers, i'm not so sure he would!
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Hell, I'd love to live in Milan!
The city is proper wicked.
The city is proper wicked.
Why would Rivaldo not be happy at Milan? He has lots of his fellow Brazilians in the area including Roque Junior, Ronaldo and Adriano and he has already experienced having a crowd dislike him. He said he would refuse to play in a match against a team of Catalans which angered many.He also had a bust up with his manager at Barcelona who refused to play him until he made a grovelling public apology.
I doubt he will have anything as bad as that in his time at Milan.
I doubt he will have anything as bad as that in his time at Milan.
no offence but rivaldo signed over a week ago so you are a bit late. and its ronaldo who plays for inter
i think that if rivaldo went to milan, there would be too much expected of him, and as he is older now and cannot live up to the italians expectations, he will be forced to move. i dont think the fans will appreciate him, with his diving and cheating, and they will compare him to younger geniuses such as shevchenko or inters rivaldo. what im trying to say is he wont be happyt there by the way
Yep, he's agreed to sign a 3 year deal worth £3m a year - which is £800k-less than what he was getting at the Nou Camp.
So he'll soon be playing with the likes of Schevchenko, Pirlo and Tomasson, against the likes of Ronaldo and Vieri in the big Milan Derbys!
I still don't see how AC Milan can still afford such high wages for him, with the current money crisis over there?
So he'll soon be playing with the likes of Schevchenko, Pirlo and Tomasson, against the likes of Ronaldo and Vieri in the big Milan Derbys!
I still don't see how AC Milan can still afford such high wages for him, with the current money crisis over there?
The rumours are that Rivaldo has agreed terms with AC Milan.
Yes, but Riquelme's an 'attacking-midfielder' - kinda like Rivaldo, but younger and cheaper!
He should be able to take Rivaldo's role no problemo!
Providing they can afford him of course....
He should be able to take Rivaldo's role no problemo!
Providing they can afford him of course....
Or†ega wrote:
> Uh huh, proper looking forward to seeing Riquelme playing in Europe
> next season.
>
> Oh, and has that loan deal for Mendieta to Barca been done?
saviola kluivert is nlikely to be thier front two
> Uh huh, proper looking forward to seeing Riquelme playing in Europe
> next season.
>
> Oh, and has that loan deal for Mendieta to Barca been done?
saviola kluivert is nlikely to be thier front two
Yes, the Mendieta loan deal's been finalised Ortega.
Lazio have been after Rivaldo for a good few years now, and have apparently come pretty close to signing him on one or two occasions.
Barcelona would never have sold him for money reasons, and there has been some kind-of 'dis-agreement' between the player and Van Gaal which probably helped to fuel the termination of Rivaldo's contract.
I read something earlier that said Rivaldo believes it's all down to jealousy - Rivaldo won the World Cup where-as the Van Gaal's country Holland didn't even qualify!
I don't reckon that'd be the main reason, and I don't really see why a manager would be jealous of his player. Surely it'd be the other players who were green with envy!?
Either way, Rivaldo thinks too highly of himself!
With his outrageous wage-demands that're damaging football as a whole and his ego after lifting the trophy while getting away with 'murder' in the World Cup. Or 'cheating' if you will...
Obviously, money is the real problem here that's stopping the big clubs from signing him. Surely after years of luxury at the Nou Camp he can stand-up and take a big cut from now on!
He'd be setting a true example to others, and that may help fans to get over those 'incidents' in the World Cup and maybe even RESPECT him now!
Lazio have been after Rivaldo for a good few years now, and have apparently come pretty close to signing him on one or two occasions.
Barcelona would never have sold him for money reasons, and there has been some kind-of 'dis-agreement' between the player and Van Gaal which probably helped to fuel the termination of Rivaldo's contract.
I read something earlier that said Rivaldo believes it's all down to jealousy - Rivaldo won the World Cup where-as the Van Gaal's country Holland didn't even qualify!
I don't reckon that'd be the main reason, and I don't really see why a manager would be jealous of his player. Surely it'd be the other players who were green with envy!?
Either way, Rivaldo thinks too highly of himself!
With his outrageous wage-demands that're damaging football as a whole and his ego after lifting the trophy while getting away with 'murder' in the World Cup. Or 'cheating' if you will...
Obviously, money is the real problem here that's stopping the big clubs from signing him. Surely after years of luxury at the Nou Camp he can stand-up and take a big cut from now on!
He'd be setting a true example to others, and that may help fans to get over those 'incidents' in the World Cup and maybe even RESPECT him now!
I think this situation is actually an internal matter rather the problem being simply because of of his wages, age etc I know Louis Van Gaal wanted Rivaldo to leave the club if he was stated as their new manager, and I think the board may have agreed to let this happen but I hink Rivaldo didn't want to leave Barca and would have turned down any clubs who actually wanted him therefore so they only had one and tht was to hand him a free transfer. I strongly feel that becaus ehis wages are so high that he will end up staying in span or move acorss to Italy with the likes of Real Madrid or AC Milan currently talking to him, but Real Madrid already have Zidane + Figo, would they really want another player who would increase the wage bill even more, if they are not carefull they will turn into another Lazio. I cant believe his agent was trying to sell him to Leeds...is he that desparate for a club? if I were him Id rther go to Newcastle in that situation, I was listenining to dreem team on radio one on sunday morning ang Kieron Dyer came on there live and he claimed that Sir Bobby had told him that Rivaldo was theirs and that he and Alan Shearer would spearhead Newcastle next season.
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