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CRISTIANO WAS CLOSE TO BARÇA

The bombshell from Cristiano Ronaldo that shocks Madrid fans: "I could have signed for Barça"

Published:4/02/2025 - 01:18h

Updated:5/02/2025 - 16:57h

Cristiano Ronaldo confessed that he could have played for Barça. The Catalans tried to sign him when he was shining at Sporting CP, but United ended up signing him

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Cristiano Ronaldo gave an interview to journalist Edu Aguirre on 'La Sexta' to review his career and his present in Saudi Arabia. The Portuguese dropped several 'pearls' that will not go unnoticed, but the biggest of all came when he spoke about FC Barcelona and his relationship with the Catalans.

Few players have been less loved than the Portuguese at Camp Nou, but history could have been very different. According to 'CR7', the Catalans wanted to sign him when he was starting to shine at Sporting Lisbon, although it was the Manchester United that ultimately took the 'cat to the water'.

"I could have played for several clubs, one of them was Barça"

"I could have signed for Barça. It was a phase when I was at Sporting and I could have played for several clubs, one of them was Barça. Someone spoke to me and approached to sign me. But it didn't happen," revealed Cristiano, who later added that "maybe they wanted to take me the following year and Manchester United took me in a minute. Destiny is like that."

His relationship with Messi and the matches at Camp Nou

After establishing himself as one of the best in the world at Old Trafford, the forward decided to continue forging his legend at Real Madrid, where he starred in memorable duels during the visits of the Merengues to Camp Nou.

"I liked scoring goals at Camp Nou more than at Bernabéu"

"I liked scoring goals at Camp Nou, it pumped me up. They booed me, but I didn't care about the insults, I just thought about scoring and silencing those people", confessed Ronaldo about the thrilling encounters against the Catalans and Lionel Messi, with whom he claimed to have a good relationship.

"It was a historic rivalry. Madrid-Barça, Cristiano-Messi, Ramos-Piqué. It was very beautiful. I have a very good relationship with Messi, once I translated for him at an awards ceremony and everything before the gala started. He always treated me well. I hope we see our numbers again, but I see it very difficult," concluded the Portuguese.