Dortmund boss:

We would have signed Ronaldo if we could By Rune Gjerulff

Borussia Dortmund would have liked to sign Cristiano Ronaldo if the club had the financial strength to do so, says BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke.

Cristiano Ronaldo.

Last summer, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus from Real Madrid on a deal worth at least €300 million over four years according to Forbes.





Apparently, Borussia Dortmund would happily have done the same - if only they had the financial muscles.



"If we had the financial strength to sign and pay Cristiano Ronaldo, we would have done so. But we don't," Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said in an interview with 11Freunde.



However, at some point in the future, Borussia Dortmund could make a signing in the triple-digit million range.



If you make €100 million by selling a player, "you could also spend €100-120 million in total" on a new signing, Watzke said.



Borussia Dortmund made the biggest sale in the history of German football when Ousmane Dembele was sold to FC Barcelona for €115 million in the summer of 2017.



The club's current record signing is André Schürrle. Back in 2016, BVB paid Wolfsburg €30 million to sign the winger who is currently on loan at Fulham.





