There was a time in which Cristiano Ronaldo was not the footballer neither the character that is right now. Since it arrived to the Real Madrid his form to be was transforming to be able to survive in an entity like the merengue, devoradora of footballers and personalities. Here it forged what is nowadays, for well or for bad, something very different to his starts in the Sporting of Lisbon.
In a recent interview for the newspaper luso "Or Jogo", the attacker madridista recognised several appearances of his past. One of them is that, as it sustains, woke up the interest of big of Europe like Inter of Milan, Arsenal or FC Barcelona.
"When it had played some parties with the Sporting, woke up the attention of several European clubs, like the Inter, the Arsenal, Valencia or the Barcelona. The interest of the Manchester United was big and came Alex Ferguson. It did not expect it and it was a surprise for me", confirmed the attacker.
Cristiano Ronaldo and the Barça, opposite ways
True is that even in his last seasons in the English team the Barcelona entity was interested in his services, although finally it descartó. This did that his ways separated diametrically and coincided in LaLiga.
In the same interview, the international luso explained cual thinks that is the secret of his success: "The will. Have talent is not sufficient and always devote me to 100% to be the best and keep me in the maximum possible level. If you do not have will, does not have felt. The will to want to more and more is crucial", concluded.