Ronaldinho threatened with sack

Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho
has been threatened with the sack if he doesn't
return as soon as possible to his Mexican club
Queretaro, the team's president said on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old Brazilian – a member of the 2002
World Cup winning side and world player of the
year in 2004 and 2005 – has not returned as he
said he would a fortnight ago for pre-season
training having been allowed to go to the United
States and Brazil to put his personal affairs in
order after the end of the previous campaign.
The first match is on January 11 but Queretaro
began their pre-season training on December 8
and have played several friendlies without being
graced by the presence of the former Paris Saint
Germain, Barcelona and AC Milan star.
Club president Arturo Villanueva – who was
credited with pulling off a coup for the
unfashionable Mexican side by persuading the
Brazilian to sign for them in September – said that
if Ronaldinho does not appear in the next week he
would prefer 'to take on someone else'.
Joaquin Beltran. the club's sporting director, said
that Ronaldinho –who in his nine games for
Queretaro scored three goals and set up one other
– did not enjoy special status.
"If Ronaldinho does not come back in the next
week, we will take a decision," said Beltran.
"He has already missed a large part of the pre-
season and nobody is above the institution."