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Wednesday 16 July, 2008 |
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Ronaldinho has landed in Milan to a jubilant reception and Carlo Ancelotti has hailed his arrival.
The former PSG man completed a switch from Barcelona to Milan late last night for a fee of around £18m.
Dinho flew into Milan’s Malpensa Airport at 11.30am along with Vice-President Adriano Galliani and is taking a medical this afternoon.
A crowd of fans gathered to cheer the Brazilian ace as he started his new life with the Rossoneri and the star’s arrival has prompted a clamour for season tickets with 3000 sold in an hour as soon as the transfer was confirmed.
“There’s lots of talk about the Milan of the future,” Ancelotti told the Milan Channel.
“The club have made a big sacrifice to buy important players and not only Ronaldinho.
“He has brought so much enthusiasm. Dinho’s not an outright striker because he loves to find space as well as being deadly.
“What do I expect from him? I expect him to give his all. We are hoping to give him the chance to return to being the best in the world with us.
“It has been a unique summer but we will be competitive on all fronts next year with Gianluca Zambrotta, Mathieu Flamini, Ronaldinho and Marco Borriello.
“We have so many options now and we have a nice mix of youth and experience. With Kaka and Dinho in hand I can come up with some new tactics.”
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