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Beijing fling: Ronaldinho falls for Swedish football star Johanna and 'proposes within hours'
Flowers for the lady? Johanna Almgren (right) claims Ronaldinho proposed to her
Ronaldinho became so besotted with a Swedish footballer that he proposed within hours of meeting her at the Beijing Olympics, she claims. The star-studded Brazil team shared the same Beijing hotel as the Swedish women's representatives and Johanna Almgren says she immediately caught the eye of the AC Milan star.
'We rushed to the hotel foyer to collect autographs,' Almgren told Swedish newspaper Bordas. 'Ronaldinho ignored all the Chinese and walked straight towards me. He looked me deep in the eyes, took my hand and kissed it. I almost fainted.'
But it seems the flirting didn't stop there. After going back to her room, Almgren received a mysterious phone call. 'Somebody said in broken English that he was calling on behalf of Ronaldinho. Ronaldinho wanted me to come up to his room,' she said.
'Unfortunately he can't speak much English. My Spanish and Portuguese are appalling and so the conversation consisted of mostly sign language.'
But Ronaldinho, 28, soon called in help when he had decided what he really wanted to say. 'An interpreter said that Ronaldinho asked if I would like to marry him. I was shocked and immediately replied no.'
After her team were knocked out by Germany in the quarter-finals, 24-year-old Almgren headed home for a tricky conversation with her boyfriend.
'I have my Adam here at home. Although it took some time to placate him after I told him about the meeting with the Brazilians.'
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