Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed he told Manchester United to put a £150m price tag on Cristiano Ronaldo’s head in 2009 – and believes Real Madrid would have paid it, Soccernet reports.
The Portuguese winger became the most expensive player in football history when he joined the Spanish club for 80 million pounds but Ferguson believes United could have brought in almost twice as much money.
And he is convinced Real president Florentino Perez would have paid such a staggering sum to take the current World Player of the Year to the Bernabeu and remains disappointed that former United chief executive David Gill ignored his advice.
“I told David Gill to ask for £150m. Perez would have paid,” Ferguson is quoted by AS as telling the player’s official digital fan magazine, CR7.
“The only thing that hurt me, and I said this repeatedly to David Gill, was that we didn’t demand enough.
“I told David, ‘Ask for £150m.’ He said, ‘Don’t be silly. They’ll never pay 150m.’”
