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Published 15:58 18 Jul 2016 BST
Updated 17:54 18 Jul 2016 BST
According to the Brazilian's agent, Ronaldo was seriously close to coming to Ibrox back in 1997. But why would a 21-year-old, soon-to-be Ballon d'Or winner want to come to the Scottish league?
Simple, Rangers were willing to let the striker sit out all domestic games, only trotting him out on big European nights.
"The three who were really interested were Inter, Lazio and Glasgow Rangers, who followed negotiations all the way," Giovanni Branchini said. "The offer from Glasgow Rangers was incredible. "They told us he didn't have to play on a Saturday in the Scottish League. They were desperate to win the Champions League and were going to allow him to play in the European matches only. "But Inter had followed him from when he used to play in Brazil. Barcelona reneged on a new contract and Inter were the first club to meet the release clause, so he went there."Being willing to sign a world-class striker for huge money, only to use him for a few games a year? That certainly sounds indicative of the kind of sound business strategy that will definitely not ruin a club and have them relegated to the fourth tier/disbanded entirely. In the end, Ronaldo chose Inter ahead of Rangers and became one of the greatest players we've ever seen. And not everyone is finding it so easy to picture him lining out in the blue of Rangers. https://twitter.com/TheDogzBawz/status/754929501809803264 https://twitter.com/bossskinhead/status/754989857722789888 https://twitter.com/craiglittle2/status/754965983270473728
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