The president of the Spanish "Valladolid" Ronaldo admitted that at one time he could have bought one of the English clubs.
— I was looking for a team that I could potentially buy. Several people helped me. I had many opportunities in England and still have. English leagues are very organized, so their clubs cost a lot of money.
Now we can all see that the Premier League is leading the football industry, while other leagues are trying hard to catch up financially. It is difficult to compete with English football.
At that time, I had certain opportunities. I got acquainted with the business plan of "Brentford", I liked their project. There were also clubs from the third division with huge potential. I have Charlton in mind, a team from London with great traditions, they also approached me. But I needed to invest more than £50 million. In the end, I bought Valladolid and kept the standard of living I had in Madrid, Ronaldo said.
We will remind that in the fall of 2018, Ronaldo purchased 51% of the shares of Valladolid for 30 million euros and became the president of the club.