Balague: "A source close to the negotiations is very positive about the outcome of the transfer"

The indispensable guillembalague.com has a piece on the Ronaldinho transfer this evening:

Manchester City feel that everything could be sorted with Ronaldinho next week.
A source close to the negotiations is very positive about the outcome of the transfer. The details of the contract negotiations are advanced, and the fact that Milan seem to consider themselves out of the equation plays in to the hands of City.

Mark Hughes knows it is a risk to take the player and the club will use a huge percentage of its wage money (more than 20 per cent) on the Brazilian, but everybody at City is convinced it is a risk worth taking.

The suggestion that Hughes is comfortable with this plan is reassuring. I had feared it was only Thaksin's plan imposed on top of the new manager.

He goes on to say that a potential spoiler could be the replacement of Joan Laporta by Sandro Rosell as FC Barcelona President. Rosell is said to be close to Ronaldinho, and could even overrule Guardiola and ensure his staying at the club.

But interesting news nonetheless. Read it HERE.