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NAPOLI rejected the chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo because he would have bankrupted the club, according to their president. Aurelio De Laurentiis claims the Serie A side were offered the Portuguese superstar before he joined rivals Juventus from Real Madrid in an £88million deal last week. AP:Associated Press Napoli claim they rejected the chance to sign Cristiano Ronaldo before he joined Juventus Ronaldo, 33, penned a four-year contract with the Old Lady worth £26.5m a season. De Laurentiis admits he would have loved to have reunited the forward with his former Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti at Napoli – but it would have spelled financial disaster. He told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Ronaldo had also been offered to Napoli. "I called his agent, Jorge Mendes. We also formulated our offer and we would have paid Ronaldo with a percentage on the subsequent profits guaranteed by his arrival. CIRO DE LUCA Aurelio De Laurentiis says he was offered the chance to reunite Carlo Ancelot...