Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted that being begged by Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand to rejoin the club nearly worked.
The English centre-back revealed in an interview last week that he still has Ronaldo’s number high up in his phone-book and also admitted to ringing him throughout the Summer pleading with him to come back to Old Trafford.
However, despite all the speculation surrounding Ronaldo, he did eventually stay put in Madrid and he has been on fire since, and his season was topped off last night when he won the Ballon d’Or ahead of Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery.
The saying goes ‘you don’t get if you don’t ask’, and Ronaldo admitted in an interview that he was nearly persuaded by Ferdinand to rejoin the Premier League champions.
“It was true that Rio spoke to me a lot,” he said.
“Rio is a great friend of mine, we played many years together at Manchester United and we were neighbours when I was there in Manchester.
“He’s a fantastic guy and tried to change my mind. I did think about United. They are still in my heart. It’s a club where I played for six years and I love that club. I have a lot of friends there and I wish them the best.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
