Ronaldinho agrees terms with Milan

The brother and agent of Barcelona playmaker Ronaldinho (28), Roberto de Assís, who was seen partying last night in the 'Tocqueville 13' night club in Milan, has declared to Italian sports paper La Gazzetta dello Sport that he has found a deal with AC Milan: "In general, Ronaldinho and Milan have agreed." With the last details still to be defined, the paper claims that Ronaldinho, whose contract with Barcelona expires in 2010, will sign a contract for four seasons until June 2012, receiving 8 million euro net a year.

Milan vice president Adriano Galliani confirmed the agreement to Italian television channel Sky Italia: "We go step by step. We have a principal agreement with the player and now we will have to negotiate with Barcelona." Galliani announced that he will travel next week to Barcelona to try to close the deal. Roberto will travel to Barcelona as soon as possible to talk with Barcelona officials.

Italian sports paper La Gazzetta delo Sport claims that Barcelona is demanding a transfer fee of 30 million euro but that Milan offers a lower price and would even consider to use Article 17 of the FIFA transfers regulation, which allowes a player to leave after three years paying a defined transfer fee, which in Ronaldinho's case would be 16 million euro. Italian television channel Sportitalia claims that Barcelona would receive a transfer fee of 22 million euro.

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