Cristiano Ronaldo Reveals How Close Barcelona Came to Signing Him

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Al Nassr and Portugal star, Cristiano Ronaldo, has revealed he came close to joining Barcelona, adding that he enjoyed scoring goals at the Camp Nou than at the Santiago Bernabeu – home of his former club, Real Madrid.

Ronaldo started his career at Lisbon-based club, Sporting CP, and the five-time Ballon d’Or winner stated during an interview with Edu Aguirre that Barcelona came for him while he was at the Primeira Liga club.

“It was a phase that was in Sporting and I was able to play for several clubs, one of them was Barca. A person spoke to me and approached me to hire me. But it didn’t happen,” Ronaldo said.

He added, “I was able to sign for Barca. Maybe they wanted to take me the following year and Manchester United took me that minute. That’s how fate is.”

Instead of Barcelona, Ronaldo would eventually end up in Spain after Real Madrid broke the transfer record at the time to sign him from Manchester United in 2009.

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