Football
Pique: Ronaldo will win the Ballon d’or
By Boluwatife Ezekiel Olaleye
Barcelona and Spanish defender, Gerard Pique believes Cristiano Ronaldo is the favourite to win the World’s best footballer award but team-mate Lionel Messi remains the greatest player in history.
The Real Madrid star led Zinedine Zidane’s side to La Liga and Champions League success last season, while Messi ended the 2016-17 campaign with only the Copa del Rey to his name.
And though the Argentine outscored Ronaldo in the Spanish top-flight 37 goals to 25, Pique believes that the Real forward’s winners’ medals will count towards him being named the best in the world for the fifth time and levelling Messi’s record.
“Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Champions League and the League,” Pique said to Qatar television show One. “So he is a favourite.
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