Cristiano Ronaldo would be a perfect match for Monaco. It should be no surprise they tried to lure him to a poser’s paradise where security is as high as the tax is low, and where the yachts are as big as the dogs are small. You can picture the hair gel glistening in the sun as his Ferrari glides by Casino Square. It is not so easy to envisage him performing to sparse crowds at the Stade Louis II, but maybe one day it will appeal. ‘It’s true we met Ronaldo,’ nodded Vadim Vasilyev, Monaco’s vice- president and right-hand man to billionaire owner and president, Dmitry Rybolovlev. ‘I know Ronaldo, but it was not quite on.
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Monaco have been bankrolled from the French third division into the Champions League by  billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev
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Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand have all been targets
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However, Ligue 1 club's days of signing players like Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez are over, admits vice president Vadim Vasilyev
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French side meet Arsenal in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday
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