It was always the former Rossoneri owner's "dream" to bring the Portuguese superstar to San Siro but he never managed to turn it into a reality
When news of Cristiano Ronaldo's sensational summer switch to Juventus first broke, Silvio Berlusconi admirably congratulated the Bianconeri on their remarkable coup, acknowledging that deal would benefit "the whole of Italian football."
However, he confessed that "as a Milan fan, it will have a terrible impact." And he didn't just mean on the Rossoneri's hopes of ending the Bianconeri's run of seven successive Serie A titles.
Ronaldo's move to Turin came as a hammer blow to a man who had long dreamed of signing the Portuguese superstar in his former role as owner of AC Milan.