Rivaldo to RBNY?, Or: One Aging Brazilian’s as Good as the Next

Less than 24 hours after RBNY fans got the sad(ish) news that Ronaldo was in Milan, not New Jersey, ESPN Desportes has allegedly reported that Rivaldo — Ronaldo’s predecessor at Milan in the Much Heralded Brazilian Transfer department — received a great offer from an MLS side and will be officially in the league in a matter of hours. For reasons I’m far too uninformed to understand, the folks at Big Soccer are sure that, if the story is true, the bid came from the Red Bulls, who will make the Brazilian their second designated player.

Arena did indicate during the Claudio Reyna press conference that the remaining DP slot would be spent on a striker, but Rivaldo is slightly different from Tin Delgado, the player original mentioned as the club’s target. The Brazilian is currently in Greece with Olympiakos where, despite being 34 years old, he’s having tremendous success and is a key to the club’s run at the top of the Greek league. Plus, his good years there have gone a long way towards erasing the memory of his dismal stop in Milan a few years ago.

So, either another (once) world-class player on the verge of bringing his impressive old-man striking (and diving) skills to MLS, or, as Rivaldo told the press this summer, he’s a few months from retirement and ending his career in an Olympiakos shirt. Either way: Hooray for transfer rumors! Did you hear the one about Figo? Oh, wait.

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