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Article: Football: Red Ron gets into another fine mess French club set to punish absent Brazilian

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July 11, 2003
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PARIS St Germain will fine - and possibly sue - want-away Brazilian star Ronaldinho after he failed to return for pre-season training.

The French club, however, insisted today they still wanted to retain 'Ronnie.' That scenario is highly unlikely now.

World Cup winner Ronaldinho has made no secret of his desire to secure a move to Manchester United - but PSG maintain they have yet to receive an official approach from the Barclaycard Premiership champions, with only Barcelona and Chelsea having tabled unsuccessful written bids for the midfielder.

And the French club revealed their preferred option would be the proposal by Real Madrid to take the 23-year-old to the Bernabeu at the end of ...

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