Ronaldinho is ready to help Chapecoense following the air disaster
that devastated their team, but the Brazilian legend’s agent said
it remains to be seen whether he will play for the club.
Teams and players from around the world have offered their
services to Brazil’s Chapecoense, who tragically had players,
backroom staff and officials among the 71 people to lose their
lives when a flight carrying them to the Copa Sudamericana final
against Atletico Nacional went down in Cerro Gordo, La Union in
Colombia last week.
Former Fluminense, Atletico Mineiro, Flamengo and Gremio
midfielder Ronaldinho – a two-time World Player of the Year – was
immediately linked with a move to Chapecoense to assist the
Campeonato Brasileiro side and the 36-year-old remains committed
to doing all he can to help, according to his brother and agent
Roberto Assis.
“About Chapecoense, I think we should treat this issue with the
greatest respect for the families and the club,” Assis told Goal
as the 2002 World Cup winner assesses options from around Europe,
South America, the United States and China.
“We are ready to help in some way, I do not know how.
“Just like the Brazilian people and the whole world, we are still
very much sad. We had a relationship with many people on that
flight, I feel very sad and I hope that peace and serenity will
help these families to pass this difficult time.”
On Monday, Chapecoense were named as winners of the Copa
Sudamericana by South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL.
Chapecoense are to receive “all the sporting and economic
prerogatives that this entails”, CONMEBOL confirmed.
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