Thornley revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson had expressed his desire to sign Ronaldo during the half-time break of their memorable pre-season match against Sporting, reports the Mirror. However, Thornley has claimed that Ronaldo's impressive performance was enough to convince Sir Alex to try and broker a deal right there in the changing rooms after just 45 minutes of play. So half time's come the players' dressing room is one side of a corridor and the management and the medical staff's on the other side, it's like partitioned off. Players all got started, back onto the bus, and this carried on in the dressing room while we're locked in our own little medical staff dressing room, waiting to see what was discussed. "Most games, home or away, David Gill, chief executive, Ed Woodward, whoever, would always come out the dressing room at full time no matter what.

Source: Express June 28, 2024 09:03 UTC