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Can Okocha do this for the Nigeria Premier League?

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Rivaldo signs for Cruzeiro


RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - World Cup winner Rivaldo has ended speculation about his future by joining Brazilian champions Cruzeiro.

Cruzeiro said on their official website on Monday that the former Deportivo Coruna, Barcelona and AC Milan striker had signed a one-year contract which brings him home after seven years in European club football.

The Foxes, who are based in Brazil's third-largest city of Belo Horizonte, said a local pharmaceutical company was helping to sponsor the signing of the 31-tyear-old who spent most of the last 18 months warming the substitutes' bench at AC Milan.

Rivaldo's signing is a tremendous boost for Brazilian domestic football which has become used to seeing nearly all of its top players depart for wealthier European clubs.

Brazilian media said the deal was settled at a meeting on Sunday involving Cruzeiro coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo, president Alvimar Perrela and Rivaldo's agent Carlos Arini.

The former world player of the year, who at the weekend was linked with a move to Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad, had been a free agent since being released by AC Milan last month.

He joined the Italian Serie A club after helping Brazil to win their fifth World Cup title in Japan and South Korea in 2002 but was relegated to the reserves by coach Carlo Ancelotti and sat out last year's Champions League final win over Juventus.

Despite this, Rivaldo kept his place in the Brazil team and scored in the 1-1 draw away to Peru in November's World Cup qualifier.

Rivaldo has played in Europe since 1996 when he joined Spain's Deportivo Coruna. He then spent five seasons with Barcelona before trying his luck in Italy.

Monday's move will reunite Rivaldo with Luxemburgo, his mentor earlier in his career.

Rivaldo played under Luxemburgo at Palmeiras in the mid-1990s and again in the Brazil team which won the Copa America in 1999.

He will now spearhead Cruzeiro's attempt to win the Libertadores Cup, South America's equivalent of the European Champions League, for a third time.

During the last month, Rivaldo had been linked with a number of clubs including Portugal's Porto, Spanish strugglers Espanyol, Russia's Spartak Moscow and Mexico's America.

In the event, Cruzeiro's strongest challengers were newly-promoted Brazilian club Botafogo, who were offered financial help from the Rio de Janeiro city government in their attempt to sign him.

Cesar Maia, the mayor of Rio, said he had offered to dig into public funds to help bring Rivaldo to the 'Marvellous City' for the first time.
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May be after Nigeria wins the World Cup in 2006 :mrgreen:
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1NAIJA:
Didn't Yekini do virtually the same thing for the Nigerian Premier League? Unfortunately that particuular experiment ultimately went south.
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Akamoke wrote:May be after Nigeria wins the World Cup in 2006 :mrgreen:
We all agree that Okocha should retire from international soccer after this Nations Cup. Nigeria has more effective players for 2006.
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Gotti wrote:1NAIJA:
Didn't Yekini do virtually the same thing for the Nigerian Premier League? Unfortunately that particuular experiment ultimately went south.
Yekini followed the footsteps of Romaro. Let's hope Okocha respect himself and follow the great Rivaldo's footsteps. Besides, Yekini is a WC hero, Okocha still has to prove himself.
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1naija wrote:
Gotti wrote:1NAIJA:
Didn't Yekini do virtually the same thing for the Nigerian Premier League? Unfortunately that particuular experiment ultimately went south.
Yekini followed the footsteps of Romaro. Let's hope Okocha respect himself and follow the great Rivaldo's footsteps. Besides, Yekini is a WC hero, Okocha still has to prove himself.
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1naija, u are still talking about this in 2004, u must be blind to say okocha is awful u really are. Infact probably he didnt give u ... to suck so u got offended, anyways, uve been restricted from finger licking jan 24- feb 14 :evil: ure status is in jeopardy
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1Naija sharrrap..........who are you to tell the man what to do with HIS life after he has provided you countless orgasms as the bull eye for your yeye bashing. :roll:

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