Arteta reveals Ronaldinho friendship during PSG years

Mikel Arteta says it was impossible to be in a bad mood around Ronaldinho, having been room-mates at PSG

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00:00We were roommates for a year and a half. But I could not see him like this at the time

00:07obviously but he was a huge star, he was coming from Brazil, he didn't have the work permit

00:12you know so he had to wait for a couple of months. But he's the only player that I've

00:15seen in history that he could transform by himself two clubs. He did it in Paris, he

00:20transformed it, he went to Barcelona in one of the worst moments, he transformed it. He

00:25had an aura, an energy as mad on his face that it was impossible to be next to him and

00:30be in a bad mood. I've never seen a talent like this in training, in every drill. It's

00:36like how is this possible? Physically it's impossible to do certain things. It was unbelievable

00:41to play with him.