“We had a great desire to sign him and our economic situation allowed us to, but Manchester United did not want to discuss things with us,” he told Radio Marca.
“And when something like that happens, there is nothing we can do. They did not even put a price on him. As such, I do not look at it as a failure.
“We did all we could to bring Ronaldo here and if he had a buy-out clause in his contract, he would be here right now.”
