Barcelona has announced in an official statement on its website that Ronaldinho has to report for training next Monday and that he won't be allowed to play at the Olympic Games. The statement reads as follows:Ronaldinho, called upon for the 14th
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The Brazilian player will have to report for training on Monday, the first session of the 2008-09 season.
FC Barcelona have announced that Ronaldinho will be expected to report for training on the forthcoming July 14. The player has been named in the Brazilian Olympic squad to play at the Beijing Games from August 6 to 24.
The Olympics do not form part of the official FIFA calendar, and no official decision has ever been made in that respect, so the club is under no obligation to allow its player to travel.
In recent weeks, technical secretary Txiki Beguiristain has reiterated that Barça’s objective has always been to have as many players as possible ready in time for the Champions League qualifying games.
FIFA Rules
FIFA’s regulations with respect to the release of players to represent their national associations states in article 1.2 of annex 1 that “The release of players … is mandatory for matches on dates listed in the coordinated international match calendar and for all matches for which a duty to release players exists on the basis of a special decision by the FIFA”.
pep's opinion:
hope they also informed the player or his entourage personally about this, cause this seems a weird (public) way of handling this. and what about messi then? does he also has to report? why isn't that out on the site then? hope the club's lawyers are right on this one. in other countries it's apparently believed that players who are kept away from the olympics by their club team are suspended from all offcial competitions during the games. can see us play with ronaldinho and messi in the champions league qualifying games and then be suspended for champions league football over the next five seasons cause they played. plus in those matches messi gets injured for six months. and ronaldinho too so we cannot sell him anymore in this transfer window. read - my - lips!
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