28 May 2017 10:43:10
Just saw pics of ronaldinho training with Barcelona last week, can't understand why no one made a move to bring him to england even still, the shirt sales alone would be worth it and wouldn't be a bad impact sub to have.

1.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 11:12:16
Clubs don't get money from shirt sales unless it's in the official club store.

2.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 11:39:43
Man Utd nearly signed him before Barca.

3.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 11:53:31
Too right Imred, people harp on about Pogba's shirt sales paying for his own transfer but in United's 2015 annual report they only made £30m from shirt and merchandise sales. So they would have to triple their shirt and merchandise income in one year on just Pogba shirt sales alone, pretty unlikely if you ask me.

4.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 12:16:08
Pretty sure I recall the Venkys promising to bring him to Ewood Park. Instead they have brought third tier football 😳.

5.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 14:39:50
Tbf at the point it would have been a relatively cheap option. look at his career after Milan and you see less and less appearances with a smaller return. He basically stopped caring about being the worlds best or fell out of love with the game, either way football wasn't his top priorities. If he couldn't affect those leagues and his lack of fitness would have made him essentially useless in the BPL which is far faster than any league he'd ever played in.

{Ed002's Note - Clubs don't get the money from shirt sales and MU tried very hard to bring him to England.}

6.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 15:06:51
That's interesting tbf eds thanks! Can't imagine he'd a worked out at united but will never know!

7.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 16:13:25
The idea that shirt sales can make up for transfers has been debunked royally as a fantasy, not based in any fact nor reality.

8.) 28 May 2017
28 May 2017 17:20:52
Thanks ed002 I always thought they get a percentage for shirt sales, I just thought if he could be got on a free he would be worth a shot for a year, he's still capable of unlocking a stubborn defence.

{Ed002's Note - They get the retailers cut if they sell them themselves.}