Quote Originally Posted by qccfc View Post
He signed Ronaldo for a massive fee, in a similar process to hoovering up youngsters you criticise in this thread.
He saw the raw talent and bought him with the intention of integrating him into his team, while developing him along the way. He certainly wasn't thinking about sticking him on a production line of future saleable assets. BTW he was bought for £12.24 million, and then sold for £80 million. Ferguson was a genius.