5 amazing players sold by Pep Guardiola

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#2 Ronaldinho

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Ronaldinho was just 28 years old when Pep Guardiola took charge of Barcelona. He was in his prime but the 2007/08 season was undoubtedly his worst at Camp Nou.

That season was plagued by injuries for the Brazilan and a muscle tear ended his season early. As soon as Guardiola came in, he decided to sell Ronaldinho and it is claimed that the manager was not happy with his off-field life.

Guillem Balague in his book on Pep Guardiola, Another Way of Winning, wrote "Having decided to get rid of Ronaldinho, Pep now had to tell the Brazilian face to face. Guardiola told him that it wasn’t an easy decision to make as he believed there was still an extraordinarily player under the puppy fat. But he also felt that his recuperation was not possible at Barcelona and that he would have to return to form somewhere else."

Manchester City, who had a stunning takeover completed, made a bid for the Brazilian but he chose to reject it in favour of a move to AC Milan. He got back to his best at the Italian club and made it to their all-time XI despite spending just 2 seasons there.

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