CRISTIANO RONALDO ADNMITED THAT HE WA ON THE VERGE OF SIGNING FOR ARSENAL.

If you all remember that Arsene Wenger when he was the manager of Arsenal for a period of twenty to long yeas he had said he failed to sign up some really big and talented plyers like Yaya Touré, before he went and signed up for Barcelona, Petr Cech while he s at Rennes , before he signed for Chelsea. Both f these footballers did not get a work permit in England so the deal collapsed. While Cristiano Ronaldo admitted in a Television interview with Piers Morgan tat it is very true that Arsene Wenger was inches away from him signing for Arsenal, only the signature was left. But Cristiano Ronaldo finally joined Manchester United from Sporting Lisbon. A story says that the assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson then was Carlos Queiroz , and he was from Portugal, and he convinced Cristiano Ronaldo to join Manchester United. But Cristiano Ronaldo says Arsene Wenger was the main reason that the deal almost went through. Piers Morgan presented Cristiano Ronaldo with a Arsenal jersey number 7, with his name printed at the back.