Alan Shearer has revealed that Sir Bobby Robson enquired about signing him before Ronaldo arrived at FC Barcelona in 1996. Ronaldo scored 47 goals in 49 appearances during his solitary season at the Camp Nou as he went on to win the Ballon D'Or in 1997.
However, Robson later told Shearer when the pair teamed up at Newcastle, that he had wanted to sign him the same summer that he swapped Blackburn for the Magpies.
"Sir Bobby signed him [Ronaldo] at Barca, he tried to sign me before him," Shearer revealed to BBC Sport. "Bobby told me this story when he was manager of Newcastle.
