CRISTIANO RONALDO has revealed he came “within a whisker” of signing for Arsenal before eventually joining Manchester United.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger met the Portugal winger three times in a bid to bring the player to north London.
But United gazumped the deal by entering negotiations and offering three times more than their Premier League rivals.
Ronaldo said: “I came within a whisker of doing it. Wenger is someone I respect a lot. He is very intelligent.”
Jorge Mendes, Ronaldo’s agent, added: “That is what happened. Everyone wanted Cristiano — Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona.
“But only Arsenal and Manchester United attempted to take him from that season. The others wanted to leave him at Sporting at least a year.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article2008830.ece
Maybe Moggi was telling the truth that he could of signed Ronaldo