Brazilian Legend, Ronaldinho looked destined for Old Trafford when he was leaving Paris St Germain in the summer of 2003 after United had a £30million bid accepted by the French outfit.
But the forward opted to join Barcelona instead after the Catalans made him their No 1 target following David Beckham's decision to join Real Madrid from United.
And Ronaldinho has admitted: “When I was leaving PSG and before I came to Barcelona I had that chance (to join United) - and I was very close.
“United are a big club and any player would like to play for a big club, but I think I chose the correct league and the correct club [Barcelona].
“Therefore I have no regrets.
“I’m fulfilled. There's a lot of clubs where any player would like to play so it's difficult to pick just one.
In every country there are two, three or four big teams and any player would love to be there.
“I had the chance to play for a lot of different teams in the Premier League, but I think all the choices I made were the right ones.”
In an interview with GQ Magazine, Ronaldinho won two La Liga titles and the Champions League at the Nou Camp before being sold to AC Milan in 2008 by Pep Guardiola maintains that his relationship with the then Barca Gaffer was good.
Ronaldinho said: “We're good friends. Because we got on so well he (Pep) understood that I wanted to leave and it was something that was made very easy for me because of our good relationship.
“I won everything that I could - I had other dreams. One was to go to Milan.”
The Brazilian, also won the FIFA World Cup, the Ballon d'or and other laurels in a highly decorated career.
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