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Ronaldinho, Eto’o and Balotelli: the unusual clauses of these stars in top clubs in Europe

The incredible stories of how these three top players had special clauses in their contracts with top European sides.

By Mauricio Saenz

The incredible stories of how these three top players had special clauses in their contracts with top European sides.
The incredible stories of how these three top players had special clauses in their contracts with top European sides.
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There are some players in soccer world that have made more merits than other to gain certain privileges that are not common. Three of those cases are find on Ronaldinho, Samuel Eto’o and Mario Balotelli. Who were one-day stars at his respective clubs gained permissions to do some unusual stuff while being professionals.

To start we’ve got the case of Ronaldinho, Brazilian legend who made an incredible career and was one of the best players of his national team ever. In Europe, he played at Paris Saint-Germain, FC Barcelona and AC Milan. It was recently revealed that in one of those clubs, that remains unknown, he had a clause to leave at night more often than his companions.

Samuel Eto’o was also another iconic player from the past decades. The Cameroonian attacker played in many European teams, being the most famous ones Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and Inter. In his time at Russia, where he played for Anzhi Makhachkala from 2011 to 2013 he asked the club a private jet to travel every day to training sessions.

The last unusual clause in our list is the one set to Mario Balotelli. Differently to the others, this was not a privilege that he received, but a warning. Liverpool agreed to sign him on 2014 with the excusive condition that the player signed a good conduct clause to behave well, as he had a bad famous of being naughty.


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