‘Parma considered him as the right alternative for Adrian Mutu, who’d left to signal for Chelsea. However Manchester United’s curiosity was way more concrete’: Cristiano Ronaldo’s 2003 switch particulars revealed by former Sporting director of soccer

The small print behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s transfer to Manchester United in 2003 have been revealed by a former Sporting director of soccer, with Parma named as a shock workforce who confirmed large curiosity within the younger Portuguese star within the making.

After breaking by at Sporting as a 17-year-old in the course of the 2002/03 season, Ronaldo’s representatives shortly began talking with golf equipment corresponding to Liverpool and Barcelona, with Arsenal rising because the most-interested get together. However whereas the Gunners by no means made a proper strategy for Ronaldo, Italian aspect Parma did.