WHEN LIVERPOOLNEARLY SIGNED YOUNG CRISTIANO RONALDO FROM SPORTING LISBON.

 According to THE SUN, which says that a article in the year 2003 in  the ATHLETIC , which said that Liverpool went se and talk with Sporting Lisbon , over theuir wonder kid Cristiano Ronaldo..

 Now the assistant coach to Gerrard Houlier  asked the price as transfer fee and  then Liverpool were told that the transfer fee was 4 , four million pounds for te youngster, ad the yearly salary was going to be one million pounds. The Liverpool person said ta it was to much money for a youngster, as he was literally unheard about hen. He then told the Sporting Lisbon board he would have to put it up for Liverpool to decide

 But in that one week Manchester United  bought Cristiano Ronaldo for 12 twelve million pounds.

The price had shot up three times for a teenager mind you ,a unheard footballer too..