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Transfer window newsThe agent of flying Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that the Portuguese player was offered to European champions Barcelona in the summer.
Jorge Mendes said that during the height of Ronaldo's unpopularity among English fans after the World Cup he contacted the Catalan giants to discuss a move.
"I offered the player to Barca, but they told me that they were going to sign Thierry Henry and so rejected a possible deal," Mendes is quoted in El Mundo Deportivo.
Henry decided to stay at Arsenal and there has been a recent clamour in the Catalan press for the Spanish champions to sign Sir Alex Ferguson's prize asset.
"Right now Cristiano is happy in English football," Mendes added. "There is no pressure to force his exit.
"He is 21 years old, a Portuguese international and in an extraordinary moment of form.
"At these heights it is practically impossible that the player could sign for Barcelona because Manchester [United] would not give him away for all the gold in the world."
Ronaldo has scored a phenomenal 12 Premiership goals in this campaign as the Red Devils stormed to the top of the table. They are currently six points ahead of second-placed Chelsea.
Tuesday's edition of Catalan daily Sport reported that 57 percent of Barcelona fans would like to see him join the club ahead of Eric Abidal (23 percent), Xabi Alonso (12 percent) and Rodrigo Palacio (eight percent).
Source: http://eurosport.com/football/premie...o1045166.shtml
Premiership top scorers
Transfer window newsThe agent of flying Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that the Portuguese player was offered to European champions Barcelona in the summer.
Jorge Mendes said that during the height of Ronaldo's unpopularity among English fans after the World Cup he contacted the Catalan giants to discuss a move.
"I offered the player to Barca, but they told me that they were going to sign Thierry Henry and so rejected a possible deal," Mendes is quoted in El Mundo Deportivo.
Henry decided to stay at Arsenal and there has been a recent clamour in the Catalan press for the Spanish champions to sign Sir Alex Ferguson's prize asset.
"Right now Cristiano is happy in English football," Mendes added. "There is no pressure to force his exit.
"He is 21 years old, a Portuguese international and in an extraordinary moment of form.
"At these heights it is practically impossible that the player could sign for Barcelona because Manchester [United] would not give him away for all the gold in the world."
Ronaldo has scored a phenomenal 12 Premiership goals in this campaign as the Red Devils stormed to the top of the table. They are currently six points ahead of second-placed Chelsea.
Tuesday's edition of Catalan daily Sport reported that 57 percent of Barcelona fans would like to see him join the club ahead of Eric Abidal (23 percent), Xabi Alonso (12 percent) and Rodrigo Palacio (eight percent).
Source: http://eurosport.com/football/premie...o1045166.shtml
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