Ronaldo’s Unexpected Barcelona Link

Though it’s hard to picture Cristiano Ronaldo in a Barcelona shirt, it might have been more like reality than we would have imagined. Ronaldo, who turned forty last week and is still blazing in the Saudi Pro League, might have teamed with Lionel Messi rather than against him. Football and the internet would have found rather different venues.

Following his triumph at Manchester United, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner had a brilliant Real Madrid career, winning La Liga twice and the Champions League four times but has admitted he might have been striving for titles on the other side of the great divide in Spanish football.Ronaldo remarked in an interview with Spanish sports writer Eduardo Aguirre, “I remember meeting with someone from Barcelona who wanted to sign me but it didn’t happen.”

Ronaldo was a teenage Sporting CP player at the time, and naturally, the Premier League attracted attention.If Ronaldo had stayed on for a Barcelona move in the early days, we would never know how many of those titles might have followed another route; the star attraction of the Saudi Pro League feels it would be fantastic. He certainly does.

“I believe my future as a player would have been rather similar,” the Galactico stated. Surely Madrid is Madrid. I say my playing future would have been somewhat similar. Clearly, though, Madrid is the most famous club in the world.

Ronaldo definitely isn’t far off the mark even if he seems to ignore chaotic theory. Over his career, he has been praised for his unmatched professionalism, relentless effort to grow and infamous intolerance of flaws.

This kind of thinking helps football players reach their best and, in this example, lets Ronaldo score a goal every game at 40 years of age.

Barcelona gathered silverware for fun even without the Portugal captain riding the Messi train to title under Pep Guardiola and beyond, although one assumes the possibility to sell Ronaldo at some time may have helped them relieve their constant financial difficulties.