9 Most Bizarre Football Facts You Probably Didn't Know

Lewandowski to Blackburn? Did you know that the latest Ballon
d’Or runner-up and European Golden Shoe winner nearly played for
Blackburn Rovers? And no, we’re not talking just usual transfer
rumours, the deal was actually very close to being finalized.


His flight was already arranged to go see Big Sam, Blackburn’s
manager at the time, in Lancashire. Bear in mind that Lewandowski
was not yet a global superstar at the time. He was playing for
Lech Poznan, a club in a not very popular Polish league. So, he
was surely not bigger than a move to Blackburn.


Meanwhile, the highest goalscorer in the history of the Champions
League is out of this world. Everybody knows that Cristiano
Ronaldo is not of this planet. And guess what! Astronomers just
went ahead and confirmed that for us.


Dr David Sorbal, along with a couple of other astronomers, some
time in 2015, discovered a galaxy which, according to them, had
existed for about 13 billion years. They named that galaxy CR7
and admitted that it was inspired by the 5 time Ballon d’Or
winner.


It maybe explains a little that Dr Sorbal is Portuguese.
Cristiano is probably his idol and that was his way of honouring
him. Well, it is Cristiano’s galaxy; we’re all just living in it.