Manchester United talisman Cristiano Ronaldo doesn’t believe Lionel Messi deserves a seventh Ballon d’Or. Instead, he has named who he thinks deserves the award “without a doubt”.
The Ballon D’Or is arguably the most prestigious individual honour in world football. Messi currently leads the way with six awards, closely followed by Ronaldo with five. However, that gap is expected to widen when the 2021 edition is announced in late November with Messi the current hot favourite.
The likes of Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho cannot be discounted. Lewandowski broke the all-time Bundesliga scoring record for a single season (41) when surpassing Gerd Muller (40) last year.
Jorginho, meanwhile, was an integral figure twice as Chelsea lifted the Champions League and Italy won Euro 2020.
