Looks like somebody got his smile back.

Love the view from behind where Rino lays the ball off, not much of a clear shot and an absolute bust by Ronaldinho.

The English midfielder will arrive in January and he will play in Serie A and in the UEFA Cup. “It will be a pleasure for me to have Beckham here. He is a serious athlete and a great professional,” Coach Ancelotti told the club’s official website. “If he is available for us for four months then we will be delighted to have him. He will play for Milan in Serie A and in Europe.”

The England international is keen on keeping up his fitness as he attempts to go for a record number of appearances with the Three Lions.

It’s great news for Milan as they will have Kaka, Ronaldinho and Beckham is a dream-team formation.

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Pretty intense far east tour for Nike and Ronaldinho DOIS before the move to AC Milan and the Beijing Olympics with Brazil.

Now if he can just get back to the form he was at a year and a half ago, all will be forgiven.

We already hipped you to some pre release excitment about FIFA 2009.  Now I just found out that our boy Maurice Edu will be gracing the cover of the legendary game for its North American release. According to The Canadian Press, Edu, Ronaldinho and Guillermo Ochoa will all share the coveted cover. Big ups to Maurice on landing this.

From  North of Portland comes a couple images of the new Nike Ronadinho Dois boots. I wonder if they might add a new colorway now that he has just signed with AC Milan?

Remember, it was just three years ago that Ronaldinho won the award for the best player in the world.  Just goes to show that it does not matter what you’ve done, but what you’re doing in this game.

Even when your name is Ronaldinho and you’ve brought fame and fortune to a club.

DOUBLE UPDATE - Ronaldinho’s been given the all-clear by Milan to join up with Dunga’s Beijing bound Olympic Team.

“We’ll respect the agreement that was made before his transfer to Milan,” Milan vice president Adriano Galliani said Wednesday.

UPDATE - Barcelona director of football, Txiki Begiristain has dropped an interesting tidbit regarding Ronaldinho’s transfer to AC Milan for 19.8 Million Pound.

Via Goal

The player will always decide where he wants to play. As a club, we can have 40 different offers but in the end, what counts is the player’s own desire,” he said.

The technical director also revealed one of the main deal-breakers that clinched the move: “This agreement was reached because Ronnie forfeited his right to 15% of the transfer fee.

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I happen to be in Houston visiting old buds, watching beautiful tennis and having some cold ones by the pool when I opened the paper today and saw that half the known soccer universe is coming to town for a free payday soccer exibition tomorrow. Although doubtful, it is rumored officials from the Galaxy will meet with Ronaldinho at Reliant Stadium and make an offer.

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Dunny already mentioned that City was given the OK to begin talks with Ronaldinho (and he also brought you one the greatest pictures of Ronaldinho ever!) And now according to the Guardian, Man City is prepared to pay Ronaldinho a staggering £200,000 a week! That is ridiculous! Apparently Man city has began discussions with Ronaldinho’s brother and agent Roberto de Assis, and apparently Ronaldinho even made a brief cameo himself. If City is to pull this deal off, this would have to be the transfer of the summer for sure.

If you are a City fan, do you want to see so much money spent on Ronaldinho? Is it too much, or does it give you the visibility and credibility to be viewed as a major club and attract better and better players?