Former Barca boss says Ronaldinho's time is up

MADRID (Reuters) - Ronaldinho's time at Barcelona is at an end, according to the club's former coach Carles Rexach.

"The Ronaldinho era is over," Rexach was quoted as saying in sports daily Marca on Friday.

"I thought things could be sorted out, but now everyone is putting their oar in against him and it seems as though he is angry with the club.

"There is no way out of the situation."

Rexach, a former Barcelona player who coached the team in 1991 and again from 2001-2002, said the club was partly to blame.

"The directors of the club should have done a little more," he said. "They gave him too much leeway, they should have sorted things out earlier on."

A succession of injury and fitness problems, added to media speculation about late-night partying, led to reports Barcelona were prepared to offload Ronaldinho at the end of the season.

However, Barcelona President Joan Laporta has denied there is a rift between player and club.

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