R9 had no choice, they kicked him out, he wanted to stay

Man...I am old enough to remember seeing that season for Barcelona and a lot of the games live because Sky Sports had the rights to La Liga games but hardly any people had Sky TV back then, but one friend had parents with money and they had Sky in. So I remember the murmors of this buck tooth bald headed Brazilian kid at Barca who was scoring every game, which at the time was unheard of because the benchmark for a top class striker was 20 a season, 30 if you are top class, but this kid was scoring all the time so we had to see him. So every Sunday Sky would show Barcelona games and we'd all meet at my pals and we'd smoke bongs and joints and watch this incredible player! I'm sure we seen the half way line dribble goal against Compostela live on TV though I'm not certain as we were young and a bit dumb and loved getting stoned and it's all a bit hazy now....But what a player! Like Bobby Robson said "he is the king of Catalonia" and he really should never have left, karma seemed to come back and do him with the injuries, but this video just shows you how meddling agents can control a players career, and for what? A bit more money? He was only a boy still and playing incredible football, I know money is important especially to South American players who sometimes come from nothing but he should have just been left to flourish and the money will pile up itself. Now modern players like Bellingham realise this, I also blame Barcelona as surely you just pay the lad what he's being offered elsewhere and he'd have most likely stayed and he'd without injuries I'm sure would have reached levels maybe never seen even today...

Short answer is money. Massimo Moratti was the original Roman Abramovic and was told about Ronaldo's release clause and offered him way more than he'd ever get at Barca. The story goes the Barca president received a fax saying 18 million had been transferred into the club's bank, thought about it for a minute, and then spend hours on the phone to the bank trying to give the money back but it was too late. He never saw Ronaldo again.

Fun fact: Almost every known player except Puyol had left Barca for another club

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if he stay, he could have become a barca legend

Barcelona has had beautiful players however the Catalan community have a complex of feeling lesser then Castilians. They want to compensate that with constantly saying that they are better and do not need the Castilians. And they desperately want stars to pick them in stead of others, just because they are Barcelona. However a non-Catalan doesn’t feel that connection. So they push away the good players. By not treating them well enough. Except Messi, who got literally everything he wanted and thats why they have such big financial problems now.

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The biz the biz

Sold him, brought in Rivaldo, Pellegrini, Dungarry, and Kluivert, they won the league for the 1st time since 94, and investments in the academy led to the uprising of puyol, Xavi, valdes, Iniesta and so forth under Van Gaal. Barcelona played him if anything. Unlike other modern greats like Zidane or Messi or Cristiano, or Rijkaard, Gullit, Iniesta, this guy champions league wise not only didn’t win it, but his record in the ucl for a player of his caliber is flat out terrible

They ran out of food, liquor,and virgins

Barca could've had more titles more UCL's its just their Board always make huge mistakes, they let go of Maradona, than Cruyff (as coach), than Ronaldo, than Guardiola and than Messi

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World class dembele 😂

One of the most stupidest moves by both parties. We wouldn’t be talking about the Messi/Ronaldo era had Ronaldo Nazario stayed at Barca for the intended 10 years. He would’ve surpassed Maradona as the best ever.

Because he was a cash cow for the clubs hewas at..anyway Messi or fake cr7 could never do what R9 did,when football was harder

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Barca is a washed up club financials wise.... The reason why they suck.....

They ruined him getting him a move so soon to the Serie A where he was kicked so much that eventually his knees gave way. Barcelona had the greatest player ever and should have did everything in their power to keep him for as long as they could. He was way better than Messi or R7, he's the best players I've seen since Pele.. That Brazilian team of the 70s and 80s produced the best players ever seen and then along came R9 the real Ronaldo the phenomenon.

R9 was a traitor just like Figo!... But no-no can't but just love R9

The most overrated player ever

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