Namit Kumar FOLLOW ANALYST 0 Modified 7 min ago News SHARE Advertisement Arsene Wenger has responded to years of speculation that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both linked to a move to Arsenal in the early stages of their career. The Frenchman confirmed the rumours while talking on beIN Sports. "Ronaldo was very close to joining us," Wenger said. "The bad luck for us was that Carlos Queiroz joined Man Utd [as assistant manager] and in a week he persuaded Sir Alex Ferguson to buy Ronaldo. He was quite a good buy at the time." Wenger also confirmed that Arsenal highly rated the trio of Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas, and Lionel Messi - but could only lure Fabregas...
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