Andy Murray waxes lyrical about ‘absolute genius’ who he turned up early to watch warm up
Andy Murray has hailed the ‘genius’ former Barcelona forward Ronaldinho and the tennis star says he would turn up early to his matches just to watch him practice. The Scot moved to the Spanish city aged 15 to help progress his tennis career, handing him the perfect opportunity to watch Ronaldinho play in La Liga.
The Brazilian football legend joined Barca in 2003 and enjoyed his prime years in the Catalan region. Murray was able to watch plenty of Los Blaugrana’s matches during his formative years in Spain.
The 36-year-old, a keen football fan who trialled with Rangers as a teenager, has described Ronaldinho as his ‘favourite athlete’ while he was growing up. He has admitted to arriving at Barca’s matches early to watch the eccentric star warm up.
“My favourite athlete growing up,” Murray posted on X, replying to a video of some of Ronaldinho’s best moments in the Champions League.
