Arsenal FC: Zlatan Or Ronaldo? Wenger Reveals His Biggest 'Missed Signing' Regret

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger revealed, for the record, that it is the former Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo whom he regrettably missed signing and not walk-in trialist Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Portuguese international moved to Old Trafford in 2003 for a relatively minimal amount of £16million, before making a then record breaking £80million move to Real Madrid in 2009.

But even before that, he helped the Red Devils win three Premier League titles and a Champions League crown, along with a number of other silverwares.

"My biggest regret, I was so close to signing Cristiano Ronaldo," said the French mentor.

"And not only did I not get him, but he signed for Manchester United."

"That, of course, still hurts today."

Meanwhile, Wenger's Gunners were left trophyless during the period when United bagged three straight top-flight honours from 2006/07 to 2008/09, but were consistently included in the top four of the Premiership table.

Had the north Londoners successfully snatched Ronaldo back then, the past decade might have belonged to Arsenal.

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