In the wake of Cristiano Ronaldo scoring a hat trick in the Club World cup final, Inter legend Luis Suarez recalls his attempts to convince Inter to sign a then 16-year-old Ronaldo: “I met his mother, his sister, his agent, We even discussed money. He hadn’t made his debut for Sporting’s first team. I saw a friendly in Vigo and he scored a goal like Ronaldo’s against Compostela. I have regretted not being more aggressive in recommending signing him my entire life. I told them more than four times, but nothing. I lacked assertiveness. There was even a point I thought about telling another club just to get Inter to react. It was a shame. They were waiting and waiting and before they knew it, he’d gone to United.”
Source: FCInterNews.it
