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Five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo, speaking at the Shameless Globe Soccer Awards last week, gave his opinion on who should have won the Ballon d’Or.
The ceremony was attended by football superstars, including Ronaldo’s former team-mate Rio Ferdinand, as well as Real Madrid duo Jude Bellingham and Vinicius Junior, who missed out on football’s most prestigious individual award in 2024, which Ronaldo won expressed his dissatisfaction.
Manchester CityK Rodri pipped the Brazil international to the award, with the Spaniard now responding to claims Ronaldo’s award was “unfair”.
Rodri told Spanish outlet AS: “Well, it was really a surprise, because he knows better than anyone how the award works and above all how the winner is chosen. The journalists who voted for me this year were probably the same journalists who voted for him at some point, and I think they would have agreed.
Rodri has been quite vocal in the public eye of late, even calling on fellow professionals to consider going on strike with a football calendar seemingly beyond the players’ control.
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The midfielder last played for his club in a 2-2 draw against Arsenal at the end of September where he was forced off. Results later revealed that the Spaniard had torn his anterior cruciate ligament which is set to rule him out for the rest of the season.
Pep Guardiola and City have been in turmoil ever since their midfield general has been out of the squad. The champions’ recent win at Leicester made it just their second win in 13 games, having previously been thrashed 3-0 at high-flying Nottingham Forest.
On Rodri winning the Ballon d’Or, Ronaldo said: “In my opinion it was unfair. I say it here in front of everyone. They give it to Rodri, he deserved it too, but they should have given it to Vinicius. Because he won the Champions League and scored in the final.
He continued: “You know those cheeks, they always do the same thing. That’s why I love it. Globe Soccer Awardsthey are honest.”
Perhaps not unrelated to the fact that he and his model girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez are allowed to spend the weekend in Dubai, the world’s hottest holiday destination, at the expense of the city’s tourism partner Visit Dubai.
Upcoming Barcelona prospect Lamine Yamel was also present on the occasion as well as former Barcelona star Neymar.
