Pato is excited with new KA-PA-RO
Pato has expressed his excitement about playing alongside Kaka and Ronaldinho this year. the KA-PA-RO attack originated when Kaka, Pato and Ronaldo were playing together last year. This year the RO will be with Ronaldinho who has signed with Milan until 2011.
With this team, we can win it all,†Pato told the Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Kaka and Ronaldinho are both very important for Milan, but they play different roles.
“Ronaldinho tends to spread out wide more and if Kaka does too, then they’ll both give me the ball in the centre to score. Easy.â€
Pato will play alongside Ronaldinho in this years Olympics and should be good to see how both players get along.
It has been also heavily publicised that there are problems in the AC Milan locker room with Seedorf being very unhappy with Milan’s new signing. He has also been said to not willingly give up his number 10 shirt but Leonardo has stepped in to make sure matters are settled early before the start of the season.
In other news, Milan has rejected a £80 million offer for Kaka and has stated which players were available for transfer or loan.
“The market is open for Paloschi and Abate to leave on loan, and if necessary for Simic and Digao too,†Galliani told Sport Mediaset.
Ronaldinho has joined Milan subject to medical
The Rossoneri have confirmed that they have agreed a fee with Barcelona and terms with the player.
After rejecting interest from Manchester City, Ronaldinho has agreed a three-year deal with the Milan club – keeping him at the San Siro until 2011.
Milan released a statement confirming the impending deal.
“AC Milan and Barcelona have reached an agreement in principle over the transfer of Ronaldinho,” said the statement.
“The player will be in Milan [on Wednesday] to undergo a medical and sign a contract that will keep him at Milan until June 30 2011.”
Milan president Silvio Berlusconi confirmed that vice-president Adriano Galliani had finalised the deal.
“Galliani phoned me this evening and there has been a handshake,” he told Sky Italia.
“I have no reason to doubt it and tomorrow morning the contract will arrive.”
It is believed the final fee for Ronaldinho will be €18.5million (£14.6million) with the player earning an estimated €6.5million (£5.1million) per season.
Dunga is a great manager says Pato
Alot of criticism has been placed on the Brazilian coach over the last couple of weeks with some fans even labelling him a donkey. However, Pato has spoken out and has said what a great manager Dunga has been.
“Those who criticize Dunga don’t know what a great manager he is,†Pato said. “At the moment, however, I am entirely focused on the Olympics – it’s the dream of every player.â€
He also added that he is extremely excited about playing alongside Ronaldinho in the Olympics and wishes Kaka could be there too.
“This experience will be all the more special for me because I will play alongside Ronaldinho. Kakà ? He would have been important for Brazil. He wasn’t able to come because of his age and because Milan wasn’t obligated to let him come.â€
Brazil will compete in the competition’s Group C against hosts China, New Zealand and Belgium.