Ronaldinho to wear No.80 shirt at AC Milan

    Tuesday, July 22, 2008

    Ronaldinho will wear the number 80 jersey at AC Milan, the club have confirmed. The Brazil playmaker, who joined the Rossoneri from Barcelona on a three-year contract last week, had hoped to wear the number 10 shirt - his preferred choice for both Barca and Brazil. However, that number was already taken by Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf, and Ronaldinho has settled for a reference to the year of his birth, 1980. 'In 23 years, we have never asked one of our players to give his number to anot ...

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