Cristiano Ronaldo Y Lionel Messi they could have played together in the Barcelona when they were both beginning their careers; Nevertheless, Ronaldinho got in the way of history.
So declared Joan Laporta, who recalled that an agent offered a promising CR7 in 2003 for 17 million euros, but the Barca and Laporta They had already spent 24 million on Dinho and five more on Rafael Márquez, so the offer had to be rejected.
“The people who were carrying Márquez proposed to us the signing of a boy named Cristiano Ronaldo that was in the Sporting Lisbon. It was the same agent who later sold us to Deco, he approached me in a restaurant and said: ‘I have a player already sold to Manchester United for 19 (million euros) but I will leave it to you at 17’ “, Laporta recalled for the Iniestazo.
At that time, the Brazilian and the Portuguese occupied a similar position, so the acquisition of Cristiano was not necessary.
“We had invested in RonaldinhoAt that time Cristiano played more in the band than in the center and we thought that with the purchase of Ronaldinho the position was already covered, “he commented.
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