Ronaldinho did not convince the Fluminense fan for even a second. In bad physical and technical form, the player wore the team shirt for only nine games, was booed in at least half of duels and preferred to leave. The failure in the field, however, does not match the money that came into the checking account of the now former number 10 Tricolor.
With salary of $ 800,000, Ronaldinho received the Fluminense R $ 2 million by the time he attended the Orange - made the first practice on July 27 after a few days of vacation. In the nine games that defended the club, the number 10 gave no assistance and did not score goal.
554 minutes in which the player played for Fluminense in official games were not good. Far from it. But earned the player R $ 3,610 every 60 seconds or R $ 222 thousand per duel.
In a statement, explaining the output of Ronaldinho, Fluminense was keen to stress that the player up to expectations off the field. According to the club, there was marketing return, although there has been no specific action with the athlete unless their presentation at the Maracana before the derby against Vasco.
"It should be noted that hiring to expectations regarding the marketing return, increasing storage with box office sales of shirts and number of partners. The Ronaldinho option also showed Brazil to Fluminense arouses the interest of the greatest players in world football" said Fluminense in a statement.
The hiring of Ronaldinho for Fluminense was designed and implemented by the football vice Mario Bittencourt, who was pressed with the failure of the player.The Tricolor was fighting for the top positions but production fell after the arrival of the shirt 10. The drop in the rating reflected very badly internally. The want was to be the 'extra step' to also advocate Flu, he has become a big nightmare.
