6. Cristiano Ronaldo
Arsene Wenger had Cristiano Ronaldo at London Colney – he even had a Arsenal shirt with ‘Ronaldo’ printed on it and handed it to the Portuguese forward when he arrived.
Wenger told press: “I had Ronaldo at the training ground, I showed him around and I gave him a shirt. It had got his name on the back. But in the end it was a question of the amount of transfer fee between the two clubs. Of course, he has proved to be a bargain [at £12.25 million]. But the price that we discussed was in fact much lower, it was divided by three.”
So Arsene wouldn’t stump up £12million to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. Easy to criticise that decision in hindsight, but even Wenger must occasionally lose sleep over this one. What a difference he would have made. Even if he didn’t hang around, we would have made a very good profit on the player – as he later joined Real Madrid for £80million after helping Manchester United to the Champions League, a competition Arsene Wenger is yet to win. Gutted Rating: 10/10
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