French champions Paris Saint Germain were very keen on signing Real Madrid’s goal machine Cristiano Ronaldo during the last transfer window.
In an exclusive interview with French program Telefoot, the former sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain had revealed that they had tried everything within their means to lure Ronaldo away from Santiago Bernabeu. But all their efforts fell short of landing the prolific striker.
Ronaldo has had an awesome first half of the season where he had scored 25 goals in just 18 appearances. This surpasses the goal record of Frank Ribery of Bayern Munich and Lionel Messi of Barcelona thus making him the favourite to emerge as the Ballon D’Or winner.
Cristiano Ronaldo recently signed a five year contract extension with Real Madrid in September that would keep him atSantiago Bernabeu till 2018. Prior to this time, all had really not been well between the player and his club as news of friction between both was beginning to circulate in the media.
Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain were two clubs that were keenly interested in the player. This was confirmed by former sporting director of PSG Leonardo. According to him;
“We also thought of signing Ronaldo. I did everything within the written law to try to get him to Paris but it was impossible to make him leave Real Madrid.”
The Brazilian also spoke of his club’s interest in signing French prodigy Paul Pogba who is now a regular first team player for Serie A side Juventus since joining them from Manchester United. Pogba has also sealed his place in the starting lineup of the French national team.
Funds flowing in from massive investments from the Middle East has made PSG a major force in European football in the last two seasons and Leonardo believes PSG will need time to improve.
PSG has been spending big money in the last two seasons buying up quality players across Europe. Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Thiago Motta, Thiago Silva, Pastore to mention but a few. Let’s see how their investments would translate to wins in their local league and in the continent too.
In an exclusive interview with French program Telefoot, the former sporting director of Paris Saint-Germain had revealed that they had tried everything within their means to lure Ronaldo away from Santiago Bernabeu. But all their efforts fell short of landing the prolific striker.
Ronaldo has had an awesome first half of the season where he had scored 25 goals in just 18 appearances. This surpasses the goal record of Frank Ribery of Bayern Munich and Lionel Messi of Barcelona thus making him the favourite to emerge as the Ballon D’Or winner.
Cristiano Ronaldo recently signed a five year contract extension with Real Madrid in September that would keep him atSantiago Bernabeu till 2018. Prior to this time, all had really not been well between the player and his club as news of friction between both was beginning to circulate in the media.
Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain were two clubs that were keenly interested in the player. This was confirmed by former sporting director of PSG Leonardo. According to him;
“We also thought of signing Ronaldo. I did everything within the written law to try to get him to Paris but it was impossible to make him leave Real Madrid.”
The Brazilian also spoke of his club’s interest in signing French prodigy Paul Pogba who is now a regular first team player for Serie A side Juventus since joining them from Manchester United. Pogba has also sealed his place in the starting lineup of the French national team.
Funds flowing in from massive investments from the Middle East has made PSG a major force in European football in the last two seasons and Leonardo believes PSG will need time to improve.
PSG has been spending big money in the last two seasons buying up quality players across Europe. Cavani, Ibrahimovic, Thiago Motta, Thiago Silva, Pastore to mention but a few. Let’s see how their investments would translate to wins in their local league and in the continent too.
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