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Gabriel Batistuta: 'I Would Have Got Bored' at Real Madrid or Manchester United

Argentinian icon Gabriel Batistuta has said he turned down the advances of Real Madrid and Manchester United during his playing career because he would have become "bored" as a star player.

Speaking to the American Business Forum, the 50-year-old said he "would have scored more than 200 goals" if he had joined Los Blancos, but Batistuta preferred the "tranquillity" of life in Italy with Fiorentina (h/t Chris Burton of Goal):

"I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.