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#1 Ronaldinho
Barcelona legend Ronaldinho could have been wowing Premier League audiences with his tricks and flicks if Sandro Rossel had not won the election at Barcelona in 2003. The Brazilian almost single-handedly changed Barcelona’s fortunes and made them one of the greatest clubs in the modern era, but things could have been very different.
Speaking in an interview dated 2014, Ronaldinho revealed how his close friendship with Rossel led to him rejecting a move to the Premier League giants:
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"Everything was beautiful and happened fast. A great friend of mine was about to become a part of the Barcelona board: Sandro Rosell, before the offers came, he had asked me if I would play in Barcelona when they won the election and became the presidents, and I had said 'Yes'.
"I was almost on my way to Manchester United and only the details needed to be put onto that deal. But in the last minute Rosell called me to tell me they would win the election. That made everything happen fast.
"I wanted to play in Barcelona. When I signed, I didn’t feel pressure, I felt joy. I had the chance that all of the players wanted, to play in a great club like Barcelona."
Manchester United fans and probably even a vast majority of Real Madrid fans will be cursing the fact that Ronaldinho rejected Manchester United in 2003.
