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REVEALED : Ronaldo Visited Arsenal Before Signing For Man Utd
It has been reported that Cristiano Ronaldo visited Arsenal's training ground before signing for Manchester United, it has been revealed. Real Madrid star Ronaldo, 30, joined United in the summer of 2003 from Portuguese giants Sporting Lisbon for a fee of £12.24m. In his forthcoming book, Cristiano Ronaldo: The Biography – which has been serialised by the Daily Telegraph – Guillem Balague revealed the Portugal star visited the Gunners' training ground in January 2003 and that a deal collapsed because the north Londoners were strapped for cash. “There was a time when I really thought he was going to Arsenal ,' Ronaldo's agent, Jorge Mendes, is quoted as saying. '[But]...
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