Recall that the Bundesliga giants are one of many teams to be linked with Cristiano Ronaldo this summer.
For a time, it looked like the move could be on, before statements ruled out the signing, but SportBild has detailed how close it was.
“At BVB, there was also a brief internal discussion about Ronaldo,” the sports paper claim.
“But the ‘no’ came quickly – and not for financial reasons. Despite all the admiration for Ronaldo, the bosses consider the risk of bringing such a world star to Dortmund far too big.”
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