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The management decided to increase Brazilian Ronaldinho's annual salary from 3 million 800 thousand euros to 5 million euros. As a result, the possible buyout price for Ronaldinho from the Catalan club automatically increased from 100 million euros to 150 million.
Club president Joan Laporta did not hide the fact that such generosity was based not only on Ronaldinho's excellent performance in his first season in Spain (the Brazilian scored 22 goals for the club) but also on the desire to protect against the unexpected loss of the player. Recently, owner Roman Abramovich, who is not afraid to spend money, has shown a great interest in him.
