It Was Revealed That Atletico Madrid Had The Opportunity To Sign Ronaldo But Chose To Send Griezmann Back

Cristiano Ronaldo (Instagram @cristiano)

JAKARTA - Spanish League club Atletico Madrid reportedly had the opportunity to sign Cristiano Ronaldo before finally joining Manchester United.

Quoted by Antara from football-espana, Wednesday, Atletico Madrid was offered the opportunity to sign Ronaldo at the end of the last summer transfer window.

At that time, Atletico Madrid had to negotiate before August 15, when the transfer would be complicated for several reasons.

At that time, Juventus were still trying to keep Ronaldo, while Atletico Madrid were still struggling to adjust the salary of the Portuguese player.

Despite having the opportunity to bring in Ronaldo, Atletico finally chose to send Antoine Griezmann back from Barcelona on loan.

After successfully repatriating Griezmann, Atletico also managed to loan Saul Niguez to Chelsea which made their salary budget looser.

At that time, Ronaldo decided to leave Juventus when his contract with the Bianconeri left less than a year ago.

Despite having the opportunity, in the end Atletico lost quickly to Manchester United who moved quickly to finalize a deal to return Ronaldo to Old Trafford at the end of last summer's transfer window.

Cristiano Ronaldo previously had experience playing in the Spanish League with Real Madrid from 2009 to 2018 and managed to achieve promising success.

While defending Real Madrid for 8 years, Ronaldo was recorded as successfully presenting 4 Champions League titles, two Spanish League titles and two Copa Del Rey titles.