1. Cristiano Ronaldo
The Ballon D’Or winner was on Wenger’s list and was minutes away from penning a contract on the dotted lines of an Arsenal contract before former Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz snapped him up for the Red Devils. Wenger had revealed that the Portuguese dynamite had a week long trial at the London club but didn’t sign a deal as expected. Wenger still claims he (Ronaldo) has a number nine shirt at Arsenal.
Wenger said, (Source: Mirror)
“He was very close to coming here. What happened was that Carlos Queiroz went to Manchester United and they snapped him away from us because he knew him from Sporting. That’s what life is about. You give your best but sometimes you might find that people are stronger than you. That can happen as well.”
How time have changed!