But in the end, Ferguson was the reason Ronaldo was forced to stay.
A year ago, Ferguson had promised that if Ronaldo still wanted to leave a year later, Manchester United would consider offers from other teams.
Now, almost the entire world knew that Florentino would return to Real Madrid this summer, and Ronaldo and Kaka were the superstars he wanted to sign.
After a moment of thought, Ferguson shook his head and said, "His physicality is too poor."
"That can be trained, can't it?" Martin Ferguson asked.
"It's hard to say. Asian players have always had this as a weakness. Look at Ronaldo when he joined; he was also 18, but his physicality was much stronger than Wang Shuo's."
After a pause, a hint of admiration appeared on Ferguson's face. "Compared to Wang Shuo, I still prefer Benzema from Ligue 1's Lyon."
"You just like these physically strong players," Martin Ferguson muttered.
Ferguson laughed and didn't argue.
