ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CLUB
The Brazilian club that went after Cristiano after his departure from United
Cristiano Ronaldo was on Corinthians' agenda before arriving at Al-Nassr. This was reported by the president of the Brazilian team, Duílio Monteiro Alves, explaining that his salary proposal was similar to that of United
While the Glass of the World celebrated in Qatar between November and December, trascended the news of the unilateral rescission of the agreement of Cristiano Ronaldo by part of the Manchester United, what in that moment left him like free agent. Since, they circulated rumours and speculations on the future of the Portuguese star until, weeks afterwards, gave to know his agreement with the To the-Nassr of the Saudi League.
But before the official announcement with the team of the that already forms part, the five winning times of the Balloon of Gold there was desestimado an offer by part of the Brazilian football, the Corinthians, in accordance with the words of the president of the club. In his statements, the director informed that they had put on the table a proposal salarial with a mount similar to the that 'CR7' came perceiving in the English team. However, it did not concretise .
The words of the president of the Corinthians
Recently, the president of the 'Timãor', Duílio Monteiro Alves has given to know the details of this operation, warning that this would have finished for falling in front of the figures of scandal offered by the To the-Nassr: "we Did an offer to Cristiano. The same wage that what won in the United during two years with help of sponsors. We knew that had proposed of Europe, but the one of Saudi Arabia was 20 higher times".
Likewise, it has indicated that they were varied the conversations with the representative of the Portuguese. Nevertheless, Monteiro Alves neither felt very optimistic in function of the success that this proposal could have: "I Spoke six and until seven times with Mendes and, at the end, send him the proposal through another person. I did the proposal and expected that it did not accept it. It is prank, had a lot of already warned partners".
The president of the last team sudamericano in winning the World-wide of Clubs (2012, in front of Chelsea) has remembered that previously they have made similar offers by players that come of the European football, even without having a lot of hope in obtaining the "ok" by part of these: "we Had to try it. With Renato Augusto or Willian… think that it would be fun and looks, worked. Chairing the Corinthians, have to go to by the best of the world".