Former Man Utd chief Peter Kenyon explains how Cristiano Ronaldo was signed in 2003
dailystar.co.ukManchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon has opened up on how a call at half-time of a match ended with Cristiano Ronaldo heading to Old Trafford.United headed to Lisbon in August 2003 to take on Sporting in a friendly to open their new Jose Alvalade stadium.The Red Devils also had a plan to finalise a deal for Ronaldo, 18 at the time, with the Premier League giants originally planning to loan the forward back to Sporting.However Sir Alex Ferguson changed his mind during the first half of the friendly, leading to a conversation with Kenyon.“I got a call at half-time saying, ‘Rather than leave him here, can we take him home please?’” Kenyon told the Telegraph. “So the team left the next day and I stayed to do it.“That’s where Alex was.
Read more on dailystar.co.uk
