Juventus were interested in signing Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo in 2002, where he offered the old lady team that made him a deal between the club and Sporting Lisbon, who was featuring Ronaldo, aged 17 years old at the time in its ranks.
And Juventus have offered to be exchanged between the two clubs deal so Cristiano Ronaldo move to the Italian team as a team player and Juventus striker Chile moves at that time Marcelo Salas to Sporting Lisbon but refused Salas stopped the deal.
Where Gianni Di Marzio responsible for foreign signings Juventus in the period between 2001 and 2006, said: "We have agreed with Cristiano Ronaldo on everything and was on the verge of signing but Salas (Juventus striker) refused to move to Portugal."
He said in his speech, "Turin contacted directly and told them that Cristiano will be the best player in the world after Maradona, of course, but because some of the money Salas refused to move to Portugal and ended up in the River Plate and we lost Cristiano."
And the best player in the world moved to Manchester United in the summer of 2003, with significantly shine at Old Trafford, but the biggest sparkle of Portuguese star, 32-year-old was after moving to Real Madrid in 2009.
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