Ronaldinho request

2009-5-16 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

AC Milan wants Ronaldinho to stay but it would consider a transfer request if the Brazilian playmaker made one, coach Carlo Ancelotti said yesterday. The 29-year-old has struggled since his move to Serie A from Barcelona in July and has only managed the bench recently. "Our desire is to keep Ronaldinho," Ancelotti said.

"If then there's an expressed request from him to go it will be considered."

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