Atletico Mineiro president Alexandre Kalil cheap personalised football shirts insisted that Ronaldinho’s departure from the club was only the decision of the player and that he respected what happened after two years with Belo Horizonte.

In an interview with Radio Itatiaia, Kalil said: “I warned Assisi (Ronaldinho) that if he wants to leave, he will find a repackaging for me.”

“It was his decision and he wants to take a new direction. But he came in the front door and the front door. Bye on Wednesday.”

In their two years of contact with the club, Ronaldinho launched them to new heights and left, helping them to win the Mineiro, the Copa Libertadores National Championship and, more recently, in Recopa Sudamerica.

Kalil added at age 34: “I think Ronaldo becomes one Cheap Messi Football Shirt Kids of the greatest idols or idols of Atletico fans. He helped us win very important titles and was very successful.”

Another announcement is to be made today about the end of Ronaldinho’s career at Atlético Mineiro, perhaps in a joint statement with Kalil.