from what i gather re ronaldo he was very close to signing for us in 2001 2002 season he flew over as porto had accepted a 1m bid for him he sat down with curbishley going through contract then manchester united got wind that he was about sign for us fergie quickly got on the phone and get ronaldo up to old trafford just imagine if he had signed for us my god
Hmmm - it probably wasn't the best move to make a deal with Porto for a player who was at sporting Lisbon. maybe that explains why curbishely never got one of the top jobs.