Ho Chi Minh City is seriously negotiating to bring home Rivaldinho, when V.League 2020 returns after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Thong Nhat Stadium team wants to combine Rivaldo's son with Cong Phuong to form a pair of benefactors. In addition, this deal is also very good to put the ball into the team's name.
The normal value of Rivaldinho at the moment is 800,000 euros (more than 20 billion). This amount is not too large for Ho Chi Minh City. However, it is not simple to convince the striker born in 1995 to compete in the V.League, because he is very happy at Viitorul of Romania.
Viitorul is being led by football legend Romani Gheorghe Hagi, who put all his trust in Rivaldinho, when the striker was injured while playing for Levski Sofia.
Haji is like Pele here. But as a coach, he is approachable, a real teacher, always helping you learn every day. He put his faith in me, gave me the opportunity to show off and I think I performed well on the pitch, Rivaldinho said in his most recent interview with AS (France).
Rivaldinho is the son of Rivaldo, one of the best players in the history of the Brazilian national team and Barcelona. Rivaldo has won the World Cup, Copa America with Brazil; won the European Golden Ball for Barca. Rivaldinho was born in Spain and witnessed Messi, Inesta... training at a very young age.
Although he respected his father very much, Rivaldinho admitted that being Rivaldo's son brought pressure. He said: "It brings more burden than help. When I play well, it will be communicationally effective, because I am Rivaldo's son. But in the end, people always compare me to him. People always suspect that I'm here because of him."
The goal of the Ho Chi Minh City team is to emphasize that his move to Europe to compete is completely his choice. Rivaldo absolutely did not intervene or make any debut to help his son have a good team to join. Rivaldinho confidently plays football, scoring with his own feet, not his famous father's.
This season, Rivaldinho has scored 7 goals and made 4 assists after 18 appearances for Viitorul. This was the best season of his career. His contract with the Romania team runs until June 2021. Certainly, Ho Chi Minh City will have to spend a large amount of money if they want to convince him to play at Thong Nhat Stadium.
