Tree Falls On Ronaldinho

04:35 AM, Monday, 14 January 2008

The new year has not started well for Ronaldinho Gaucho. Struggling with a knee injury and criticised in the press, on Friday night he had to call for help from the firemen when a tree fell down at his house in Castelldefels. The incident was caused by strong winds and an outside wall was... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (6) Topics: Ronaldinho,Barcelona

Ronaldinho Ruled Out Of Mallorca Trip

02:46 PM, Friday, 04 January 2008

First team doctor Ricard Pruna has confirmed that Ronaldinho will not be fit in time to make the trip to Mallorca for Saturday's game. The Brazilian who is suffering from an inflamed tendon in the left knee will continue his particular recuperation plan in the hope of being fit next week.... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (3) Topics: messi,Ronaldinho,FC Barcelona Transfer News & Rumours,henry,Jorquera,Oleguer,zambrotta,Injuries,Barcelona

Ronaldinho And Henry KO For Cup Game

04:40 PM, Wednesday, 02 January 2008

Frank Rijkaard has named a list of 16 players for tomorrow's second leg cup game with Alcoyano (kick off 6pm local time), and there is no place for Ronaldinho who has tendonitis is his left leg. Also missing are Thierry Henry who has been suffering with migraine and Gianluca Zambrotta who has... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (3) Topics: Ronaldinho,henry,Edmilson,Injuries,Oier,Copa del Rey 2007/2008,Barcelona

The Classic Hangover

12:28 PM, Tuesday, 25 December 2007

With the Christmas break upon us, the press and fans have plenty of time to mull over what went wrong in yesterday's Clasico. Unfortunately, when it comes to analyzing a Barça defeat the press and fans alike are prone to making knee-jerk conclusions. Calls for the heads of Ronaldinho and Frank... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (6) Topics: Ronaldinho,rijkaard,FCBnews opinion,Barcelona

Ronaldinho Going Nowhere

08:47 AM, Friday, 07 December 2007

The rumours about Ronaldinho's future continue to fill the sports pages. Chelsea magnate Roman Abramovich is once again cited as being keen on signing the Brazilian star. Meanwhile Ronaldinho's brother and agent Roberto de Assis denied any contact with Chelsea. Abramovich may well want to... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (4) Topics: Ronaldinho,FC Barcelona Transfer News & Rumours,Barcelona

Messi Third In Golden Ball Award

11:41 AM, Tuesday, 04 December 2007

Yes, I know it's yesterday's news but I've been very busy. There were no big surprises in the final results of France Football's Golden Ball Award. Kaka was the obvious winner for being the best player in last season's edition of the Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo just pipped Messi to... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (2) Topics: messi,Samuel Eto'o,Ronaldinho,henry,iniesta,Barcelona

Van Gaal, Ronaldinho And The Barça Self-Destruct Button

08:47 AM, Saturday, 24 November 2007

The endless stories and speculation about Ronaldinho in the last few weeks got me thinking of how the press treated Louis Van Gaal in his first term at Barça, and basically how the press is capable of turning the public against someone. When Barça signed Van Gaal in the summer of 1997 he was... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (2) Topics: Ronaldinho,FCBnews opinion,Van Gaal,Barcelona

Barça Transfer Rumours And The Press

01:13 PM, Tuesday, 20 November 2007

As we all know the press struggle to find credible stories during the international break, do you remember the nonsense about the Barça-Madrid game being brought forward to a Friday - /blogs/FCBnews/posts/barca-madrid-on-friday-21st-december/. This week we are back to the old favourite of the... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (16) Topics: messi,Samuel Eto'o,Ronaldinho,FC Barcelona Transfer News & Rumours,FCBnews opinion,Barcelona

The Ronaldinho Debate

09:29 AM, Wednesday, 31 October 2007

With the winter transfer window approaching, the stories of offers for Ronaldinho are appearing regularly in the press. Ronnie's chief suitors are once again AC Milan and Chelsea, and the bids are supposed to be in the region of €60million. The irregular form of the Brazilian has sparked... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (8) Topics: Ronaldinho,FCBnews opinion,Barcelona

Ronaldinho Left Out For Villarreal

07:13 AM, Saturday, 20 October 2007

Ronaldinho has been left out of the squad for tomorrow night's game against Villarreal. Ronnie did not arrive in time to train with the team this morning after his long journey back from playing for Brazil, and Frank Rijkaard has decided it is better to let him rest in order to be fully fit for... Posted by fcbnews_nic · Comments (1) Topics: Ronaldinho,bojan,Giovani Dos Santos,Barcelona