Manchester United Almost Signed Brazilian Ronaldo

PLC Scuppers a Move for Ronaldo

Before his move to Inter Milan Ronaldo had ripped apart LA Liga (The Spanish Premier Division) scoring forty seven goals in forty nine appearances for the Catalan giants.

Lots of websites online have reported false stories of why Manchester United failed to take up the option to pay for Ronaldo’s release cause so we’ve decided to post the actual reason by showing achieved footage of then Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson explaining exactly why.

It turns out that Ronaldo’s wages and issues with the PLC scuppered the move. Ronaldo’s agent had reached out to United about the possibility of prizing Ronaldo away from FC Barcelona by activating his release cause.

Watch the video below as Alex Ferguson explains.

Manchester United Almost Signed Brazilian Ronaldo but the move was scuppered by the PLC which wouldn't allow United pay his wages.