Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted in his newly published autobiogarphy that he promised Cristiano Ronaldo his dream Real Madrid move.
"Madrid paid £80million in cash for him, and do you know why? It was a way for Florentino Perez, their president, to say to the world, 'We are Real Madrid, we are the biggest of the lot'," Ferguson wrote.
"I went to Carlos's (Queiroz, former Manchester United assistant coach and then-Portugal manager) house in Portugal to find the boy expressing an urge to go to Real Madrid, and told him: 'You can't go this year, not after the way Calderon has approached the issue".
"I said, 'I know you want to go to Real Madrid. But I'd rather shoot you than sell you to that guy now. If you perform, don't mess us about, and someone comes and offers a world record fee, then we will let you go.I did well to calm him down. I told him that the reason I was refusing to sell him that year was because of Calderon." he added.
71 year old also wrote in the book about Wayne Rooney's wish to leave the club at the end of last season and how Wayne Rooney warned Mesut Ozil to leave the club this year and about Roy Keane.
In other chapters, Fergie has discussed his relationships with David Beckham and Chelsea's The Special one, Jose Mourinho.
"Madrid paid £80million in cash for him, and do you know why? It was a way for Florentino Perez, their president, to say to the world, 'We are Real Madrid, we are the biggest of the lot'," Ferguson wrote.
"I went to Carlos's (Queiroz, former Manchester United assistant coach and then-Portugal manager) house in Portugal to find the boy expressing an urge to go to Real Madrid, and told him: 'You can't go this year, not after the way Calderon has approached the issue".
"I said, 'I know you want to go to Real Madrid. But I'd rather shoot you than sell you to that guy now. If you perform, don't mess us about, and someone comes and offers a world record fee, then we will let you go.I did well to calm him down. I told him that the reason I was refusing to sell him that year was because of Calderon." he added.
In other chapters, Fergie has discussed his relationships with David Beckham and Chelsea's The Special one, Jose Mourinho.
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