At the end of August, Ricardo and São Paulo renewed their contracts, and many European clubs returned disappointed.
In the new 4-year contract, Ricardo's weekly salary rose to 20,000 reais, surpassing captains Cheney and Luis Fabiano to become the highest salary in the team. Of course, there is still a big gap between this salary and Kaka's salary in AC Milan, but there is no way. The Brazilian economy in this era is not booming.
His appearance fee has risen to 8000 reais, a goal bonus of 3500 reais, an assist bonus of 1500 reais, a signature fee of 800,000 reais, and a special clause: if he becomes the best scorer in the Baja, he Will receive a prize of 1 million reais. This is almost giving him money, because now he is leading the Bajia top scorer list.
The breach of contract naturally increased, and Juventio once wanted to adjust his breach of contract to $ 30 million, but under the mediation of Ronaldo and Ricardo threatened "If this is the case, I will not accept the renewal and accept immediately Real Madrid's contract "ultimately set his breach of contract damages at $ 20 million, which is only effective for foreign clubs.
The breach of contract has only increased by $ 5 million, which seems not to be much, but it represents that Ricardo's worth has been fully upgraded by a notch. Divayo switched to Juventus, and Crespo switched from Parma to Chelsea, all spending more than 20 million US dollars.
In the current transfer market, almost $ 20 million can be regarded as a world-class star by default.
Of course, if it is a young player, there is still a premium. For example, Adriano has just broken through to the intercontinental level after the Confederations Cup, but the value has soared to more than 30 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 20 million euros. However, one of the important reasons is that his transfer from Inter Milan to Parma was an internal transfer in Serie A and did not occupy non-European places.
If Ricardo had an EU passport, his worth would exceed 30 million US dollars a minute, and even reach 40 million.
Even if it is difficult to get an EU passport now, if he can maintain his current status and scoring efficiency until the age of 18, there will be a large number of teams willing to pay him $ 20 million in breach of contract.
After Ricardo's renewal was completed, Ronaldo retired and returned to Milan to participate in Inter Milan's pre-season training.
And Ricardo devoted himself to the league, scoring consecutive goals, helping São Paulo to win a four-game winning streak.
In September, the World Cup qualifier officially began, and Ricardo was selected as he wished.
However, in the away game against Colombia and home game against Ecuador, he was sitting on the bench, both games only got a little playing time in garbage time. No way, the current Brazil team is too star-studded. Although he already has the ability to compete for the main position, Pereira must also consider the balance of the locker room.
Ronaldo is naturally the biggest gangster in the locker room, but it is not good to eagerly support his own brother. During the game, he hinted that Ricardo, if you take it slowly, will help Ricardo gradually win more. Playing time.
In both games, the Brazilian team won as expected and set a good start for the World Cup qualifiers.
Ricardo has no dissatisfaction with sitting on the bench. He is only 17 years old and doesn't need to be too anxious to get ahead.
And Pereira has hinted to him that as long as he stays in shape, there will be a place for him in the America's Cup next year, and what else can he complain about.
With São Paulo eliminated in both the Brazil Cup and the South American Cup, São Paulo went all out to grab points in the league.
However, Kaka's transfer did hurt São Paulo's strength. He lost a breaking point in the frontcourt and his offensive power dropped significantly.
Roxas has experimented with several formations and is now trying to kick a 352. Ricardo and Fabiano partnered the striker, of which Ricardo was a bit behind and played the role of shadow.
Gustavoneri and Simpricio act as wingbacks. Both of them are strong and weak, and in this position can be described as a fish.
The midfielder Ricardo is slightly forward, between the midfielder and the general b2b midfielder. It must not only organize the offense and provide artillery shells to the front line, but also bear more burden than the traditional frontline. More defensive duties. The candidates for the double backs are not fixed. The young players Marco Antonio, Alessandro and Ferreira leave the field.
The three defenders are Gian, Lugano and teenager Giulio Santos.
Ricco temporarily lost the main position, only as a substitute for Fabiano or Ricardo, or had the opportunity to play when the team changed.
This lineup has been tested in several games and has achieved good results. In particular, Ricardo was activated, giving Ricardo more tactical freedom, allowing Ricardo to devote more energy to the offense, and when he needed to control the ball, Ricardo was able to retreat a little bit. Cardinho teamed up to curb the midfield.
However, there have been no fierce battles in the past few games. We really need to review the tactical gains and losses, and we have to watch the next highlight-São Paulo vs. Cruzeiro at home.
In the match between the two sides in the first round, São Paulo tied the opponent 1: 1 away without being widened.
So far, Cruzeiro still leads the league standings. São Paulo has 4 points less than his opponent, and is temporarily ranked second. Santos is close behind, losing one point 5 points behind São Paulo.
Santos was also beaten by São Paulo in the first round of the league, which led to an unsuccessful start. Only one victory in the first six games of the league. Although he later recovered his status, Robinho, Diego, and Oliveira frequently arrogant and went up against the current, but failed to catch up with the leader.
In Santos' home game against São Paulo, they only played 0: 0, which failed to shorten the gap with São Paulo.
Therefore, although Santos has not withdrawn from the championship competition, the hope is not great; São Paulo has hope. If they can beat Cruzeiro at home this time, they can narrow the points gap to 1 point, and they may catch up at any time Of course Cruzeiro will not sit still. It is conceivable that this game must be a battle of dragons and tigers.
At the pre-match press conference, Rojas showed cautious optimism: "The team is now more complete, Ricardo and Fabiano are in better shape, I think we have a chance to win at home game."
Cruzeiro's coach and meritorious coach Lusenborg said: "The strong attacking power of São Paulo is obvious to all. Ricardo and Fabiano are currently the goalscoring partners in the league. There is a lot of pressure. But Cruzeiro will not back down. We do not have the word 'admit defeat' in our dictionary. We have the best defense in the league. We are in good shape at the moment. A good result. "
Players from both sides also showed ambitions in interviews. "We are South American champions. In the first half of the season, we got too many hearts for the intercontinental games. Everything will be back on track. In this game we will prove the strength of the South American champions.
Cruzeiro's midfielder, who has performed well this season, said: "São Paulo has a very good number of players, I respect them, but I will not be polite in the game."