Barcelona may have made the biggest mistake of their lives, by not signing Young Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon before he joined Manchester united.
Barcelona had the chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo for just €17million, a former Nou Camp president has claimed.
Joan Laporta says the Catalans had the chance to take the Portuguese superstar to the Spanish champions before he signed for Manchester United, report Marca.
The move would have seen him link up with Lionel Messi, uniting the two best players of the current generation in the same side.
Ronaldo went on to establish himself as a global superstar at United before joining Real Madrid, where he has become Los Blancos' record goalscorer.
Ronaldo has gone on to establish himself as a Real Madrid legend...
Speaking ahead of El Clasico on Saturday, Laporta said: "We were in a process of rebuilding everything. I was at Sporting Club de Portugal talking to his agent [Jorge Mendes] who wanted to sell Deco to us.
"We had already signed Ronaldinho, Rafael Marquez and Ricardo Quaresma so we weren't able to spend that much. But he told us that he had another very good player. It was Ronaldo.
"He had a deal with United for 19m euros but we were offered him for 17m."
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