Leandro Damião becomes Ronaldo's latest client

Ronaldo-owned rights management company '9ine' have in the past 24 hours added Leandro Damião to their list of client - already containing Neymar, Ganso, Lucas Moura and UFC fighter Anderson Silva.


The company Ronaldo 9ine has offered another great Brazilian player by recruiting players from Internacional, Leandro Damião.Ronaldo has become a real businessman after his career as a professional footballer and has hired for his company 9ine another talented Brazilian striker Leandro Damião Internacional. Ronaldo's company will manage the player's image rights and to find any advertising partner interested in the Brazilian international. It's the same kind of contract that Ronaldo signed with the star of Santos, Neymar. Damião Leandro officer, Viniciu Prates nevertheless said the company 9ine will not interfere probable transfer of the player and not s to occupy that part advertising. " 9ine work on the part of rights management and image ads in the same way it does with the fact Neymar and Anderson Silva. At no time, there will of interference in the affairs of football. It's just to treat the image of Leandro Damião . " The player himself has confirmed this information via his Twitter account during the day Monday.Ronaldo has become an influential businessman since his retirement as a professional footballer and now controls the image rights for all his clients.

The contract is purely for making the most of image rights and there is no connection between 9ine and the players footballing affairs.

Leandro Damião himself confirmed the link-up via Twitter on Monday.
Pelé compares Neymar to Maradona

In an interview with 'Programa do Jô' on Globo, Pelé has been discussing Neymar once more. This time comparing the cheeky Santos forward's talents to those of Messi and Maradona, whilst also denying that he has told Neymar to be violent on the pitch.
"They talk about Maradona and Messi, but we have Neymar - he is a great talent to have.

"Santos is a factory of stars, creating several players without spending anything. It is a lucky team," said Pele - before denying he advised the current-Santos player to react violently when fouled.

"It's not about fighting back, it is about learning to defend himself.

"He is very skilled, he is the best player on the team, so of course will be marked. He has to learn to defend himself, " said the King.