Rio Ferdinand recalls Sir Alex Ferguson surprise over Man Utd signing Cristiano Ronaldo
dailystar.co.ukRio Ferdinand has spoken out about how quickly Manchester United got a deal to sign Cristiano Ronaldo over the line.Ronaldo joined the Red Devils in 2003 from Sporting Lisbon soon after the two teams had met in a pre-season game in Portugal.While none of the United players or Sir Alex Ferguson knew about the Portuguese’s talents before the game, they certainly did afterwards when the 18-year-old ran the show against them.And former United defender Ferdinand has spoken out in more detail about the process the club went through to snap him up."Yeah I don't think he fulfilled his potential, Cristiano," Ferdinand joked on BT Sport."He started there and we arrived there coming back from America on tour, everyone was knackered, jetlagged etc."We.
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