Messi-Cristiano, the juvenile pair that refused Laporta for the Barça

Joan Laporta, current applicant to suceder to Josep Maria Bartomeu, has done a disclosure that simply the barcelonismo can not believe. It refused fichar to the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, when the now one of the best players of the world was a member of the Sporting of Lisbon and was about to to be sold to the Manchester United, of Sir Alex Ferguson. In those times, the president of the Barcelona in the 2003, gave priority to the permanence of the Brazilian Ronaldinho, the one who was the indisputable star of the moment.

"We were about to fichar to Ronaldinho and Rafa Márquez. The people of Márquez proposed us to Cristiano Ronaldo. It was in the Sporting of Portugal in this moment. One of his agents said that had a player that went to sell to the Manchester United by 19 million euros, but that would sell it to us to us by 17 million euros. But already we had decided to bet by Ronaldinho in this moment. Cristiano played more by band that by the centre. We think that we were covered, so we refuse it and no me arrepiento", explained Laporta, in conversation with the account of Twitter, Iniestazo.

What no never imagined , is that the youngster of 18 of years to the one who refused would turn into the maximum goleador of the history of the football. Although on this there is all an armed controversy, because 'CR7' accumulates the monumental figure of 760 goals, but for many goes on down under the Austrian Josef Bican, to the one who award him until 805 firecrackers. This number is questioned, because it annotated at least 43 targets in front of teams of categories no professional or assimilable. In consequence, the born in Madeira only would be to two targets of Pepi Bican and of the sitial of honour.

Although Laporta ensure that no arrepiente, is impossible to take seriously his words. Taking into account and imagining what would have been the FC Barcelona with Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi, the one who burst into in the first team when east was directed by Frank Rijkaard on 16 November 2003. Although the Argentinian did not consolidate his titularity until the season 2006/07, already was considered a future 'crack' inside the staff culé and had marvelled to the own Ronaldinho. 'CR7', instead, attained to activate fast in England, but did not go until this same course that would surpass the 20 goals. Afterwards, in the 2007/08, annotated until 42 goals with the 'Red Devils'.

By fault of Laporta, in the Camp Nou did not see a juvenile pair that had swallowed to the world. Instead, the history gave one of the rivalries more encarnizadas of the football, after the arrival of Christian to the Real Madrid. In the final of the UEFA Champions League of the 2008-09, in Rome, gave an advance, but the incursion of the Portuguese in the merengue of sure cost him one that another reproach to the current precandidato.

Without well Messi has kept a dictatorship against the Madrid (26 goals in 42 parties, the maximum goleador of the Classical) the damage of CR7 was not lower. It marked a total of 18 goals to the Barcelona in 30 parties, in spite of that it did not go until his Classical chamber that would fit the first. This occurred in the season 2010/2011, by The League Santander, when in the minute 82 Ronaldo marked of penalti in a duel that culminated 1-1.

Goals in the Camp Nou and titles

To hold more than the pelos, of the 18 goals of Ronaldo, 12 were in the Camp Nou. And, as it was to expect , many of his so many meant stray titles for the Barcelona in front of the Real Madrid. As the one who annotated of head in the extention of the final of the Glass of the King of the season 2010/11 or the one who marked in the coliseo Catalan in the campaign 2011/12 to give the turn to a result (1-2), that certified a new title of League for the merengues.