a butterfly effect in football That Could Have Changed History forever in 2003 Ronaldinho had just come off an excellent World Cup with Brazil where he became the star of the tournament and they won the World Cup at the time he was playing for PSG in the French league that summer several top clubs were interested in signing him including Manchester United and Barcelona but the Red Devils had the most money to offer willing to spend €30 million everything was set and only the players signature was needed however 48 hours before it was to happen Barcelona came in with a more appealing Sports project that convinced him to turned down United and signed for Barcelona what helped him decide was that several Brazilian Legends had played there however because of this Manchester United was left desperate and had to find an alternative they turned their attention to a young 18-year-old and ended up investing Ronaldinho's money in Cristiano Ronaldo