RIO DE JANEIRO // AC Milan and Flamengo reached an agreement yesterday for Ronaldinho's transfer to Brazil's 2009 champions, the Italian club's chief executive Adriano Galliani said.
"I believe Ronaldinho's chances of playing for Flamengo are at 99.9 per cent," Galliani said here following a meeting with the Flamengo president Patricia Amorim. Ronaldinho was given permission by Milan to seek a move to a club back home after struggling to win a first-team place with the Serie A leaders.
Ronaldinho hopes that a return to Brazil could enhance his chances of a place in the country's 2014 World Cup team.
The gifted, 30-year-old former World Player of the Year, who shone at Barcelona in the mid-2000s, had looked more likely during the week to return to his first club, Gremio. The ambitious Indian owners of English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers had also made a bid.
However, Amorim said: "Flamengo and Milan have reached an agreement over a transfer" and need only to finalise terms.
