Former Manchester United centre-back Gerard Pique has admitted that Cristiano Ronaldo was close to joining Barcelona instead of Real Madrid at the time of his Old Trafford exit in June 2009.
Following a sensational 2008/09 campaign, Ronaldo, who scored 26 goals and claimed 12 assists that season, sealed a big-money move to Madrid, joining the La Liga giants in what, at the time, was a world-record fee of £80million.
The Portuguese star, of course, went on to be one of the greatest players to have ever donned a famous Los Blancos shirt, winning 15 major honours and scoring 450 goals in 438 games, before sealing a move to Juventus in July 2018.
