From time to time, somebody organizes a quiz among football fans, or ask some famous footballer who is the best player of all time. And there are various answers, but one name always pops up among top three: Ronaldinho. The famous Brazilian Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was a joy to watch during this playing days. The attacking midfielder had that spark which causes joy to football fans around the world, and had an interesting career, during which he played for Gremio, Paris Saint Germain, Barcelona, AC Milan, Flamengo, Atletico Mineiro, Queretaro and Fluminense.🇧🇷 Ronaldinho’s 18 goals in this competition 😎@10Ronaldinho | #UCL pic.twitter.com/g1zhQgbcfX— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) December 17, 2021 And while he did won the Champions League and domestic championships with Barcelona and Milan, his career could have been much more successful if it wasn’t for his lifestyle. The Brazilian simply loved to party, and compared to Neymar, the current PSG forward looks like an amateur. In fact, Ronaldinho became so clubbing, that he managed to make it legal – he had a clause in his contract. When he was courted by Brazilian side Flamengo, Ronaldinho insisted on a clause that allowed him to continue clubbing at least two nights a week – and Flamengo agreed to his request.Injured Neymar was still partying in Sao PaoloAnd while other European clubs he played prior to coming back to Brazil didn’t allowed that clause, it didn’t mean that he stayed away from the night clubs. On the contrary. Paolo, who was a season ticket holder at the San Siro, told Bleacher Report in 2017 that Ronaldinho loved to party even if the Italian side lost their matches.”Win, lose, play well, play badly – Ronaldinho didn’t care. He would still find a party and enjoy himself long into the night. We loved him at Milan, but he hurt himself and his career, never worried who saw him“ said Paolo. Daniel Craig earned millions as 007, but still less than LavezziOne of the most fascinating claims came from the former Barca and Arsenal man Alexander Hleb, who said that Ronaldinho and Deco would turn up to Barcelona training drunk! The Belarus added that their behavior forced the club to sell them in order to ‘protect’ Lionel Messi.”Ronaldinho and Deco came to training drunk. That’s why Ronaldinho and Deco were sold in 2008. Because they were afraid that they would bring down Lionel Messi” explained Hleb. Another of Ronaldinho’s teammates, this time from his Paris Saint-Germain days, confessed that the Brazilian came to trainings only once a week. “Ronaldinho didn’t train any day of the week and would just turn up on a Friday for the game on Saturday. I think he was trying to follow in the steps of Romario, who would also go out every night, but he didn’t have the same success” said Jerome Leroy.
