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Ex-Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed that the club were offered Cristiano Ronaldo before he signed for Manchester United - but rejected the player because of Ronaldinho.
The move almost came about in 2003 with the 18-year-old Ronaldo set to leave Sporting CP. Lionel Messi was still a year away from his senior Barca debut - but if things had worked out differently, he could have been coming into a team with Cristiano as a teammate.
Lapota has explained how that summer an agent offered Barcelona a deal for Ronaldo. But the club were about to sign Brazilian magician Ronaldinho from Paris Saint-Germain, so declined the deal.