Blackburn claim move for Ronaldinho 'back on'
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho rarely produced his Barcelona form in a Milan shirt
Blackburn's bid to sign Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho is "back on" according to Rovers manager Steve Kean.
AC Milan had said the 30-year-old chose to join his home-town club Gremio but Kean believes the deal to bring the player to Ewood Park is still alive.
"No it's not over - it seems to have gone back on," said the Blackburn boss.
"It's gone a little bit more positive in the last 24 hours. I'm trying to get the player to commit to come over and speak to us and then deal with Milan."
Reports suggest the Premier League club have offered the former Barcelona star a three-year deal worth about £20m.
However, on Thursday, Brazilian media outlet Radio Globo said Ronaldinho was in Rio de Janeiro to sign a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gremio.
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"To lose a player with his quality is a shame for everyone," said Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri.
"However, he wanted to make a life choice by going to Brazil."
The two-time world footballer of the year began his career with Gremio at the age of 18, before moving to Paris St Germain in 2001.
After two years in France, he joined Barcelona as they began trying to match the glamour of fierce rivals Real Madrid's "Galacticos".
His arrival inspired Barcelona's renaissance, as they won La Liga in 2005 and a league and Champions League Double in 2006, with Ronaldinho producing some of the best form of his life.
In summer 2008, he turned down a move to Manchester City in favour of move to the San Siro, but he failed to reproduce his Barcelona form for Milan, with his high-profile party lifestyle regarded as one of the main reasons.
He lost his place in the Milan starting XI when Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Robinho joined last summer, and with Antonio Cassano having signed from Sampdoria this week, there is no space for him in Allegri's line-up.
Now, he has been allowed to leave the club with six months still remaining on his contract.
On Tuesday, Blackburn revealed they had made a move for the playmaker and Venky's, the company that bought Rovers in 2010, said its Brazil office was in talks with Ronaldinho's manager.
"He is keen to play in the EPL [English Premier League] and I think that goes in our favour," Venky's chair Anuradha Desai told BBC Radio Lancashire.
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