FC Barcelona – La Liga Would he have had the same career?
Ronaldinho was a great teacher for Lionel Messi. The Brazilian fed the Argentine from a very young age Barcelona, and the current club captain grew up well under his tutelage.
But that opportunity was about to happen, yes Joan Laporta followed in a motion to sign Cristiano Ronaldo.
“We were about to sign Ronaldinho and Rafa Márquez,” Laporta said in a chat with his Twitter account, Iniestazo. “The people of Márquez proposed Cristiano Ronaldo to us. At that time he was at the Sporting Club.
“One of their agents said they had a player they had sold to [Manchester] United for 19 million, but they would sell it to us for 17 million.
“But at the time, we had already invested in Ronaldinho. Cristiano was playing more than in the center. We thought we were covered, so we rejected him and I don’t regret it.”
Modern football could be completely different if Laporta signed Cristiano.