The Barca years were great. Highlights include the matches against Chelsea in the CL. Really brought a new style of play to the game imo, took the Brazilian flair and went gung-ho with it. Closest I see to that now is Neymar but he's not as good with it, and isn't as likeable as Dinho was.
If he had the same dedication as Cristiano he would have been even better as well.
I remember I had a football book around 2004, and it estimated the market value for players at that time. Ronaldinho was second highest at £50m, remember this is 2004 so £50m was a world record then. The highest value was Messi who had only just broken into the Barca first team, and was valued at £80m when he was 17. No point to this, just remember it from the time.
Also that Brazil team he was a part of 2002/06 was so fun. Four Ballon d'Or winners in it ffs.
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