Argentina legend, Diego Maradona have put his weight behind
Cristiano Ronaldo to win the FIFA Ballon d’or than compatriot Lionel Messi.
The prestigious award is set to be handed out in Zurich on
January 13, with Ronaldo, Messi and Bayern Munich’s Frank Ribery all in the
running to be crowned the World’s best player.
A win for the Argentina international would see him ranked
as the best player on planet for the fifth year running, but Maradona claim
2008 winner Ronaldo should take the honour.
Former Argentine international, Maradona, his country coach
for the FIFA 2010 world cup in South Africa feels Messi injury problems this
season have held him back and Real Mardrid forward Ronaldo has earn the
accolade. “Cristiano Ronaldo should win, Messi has been injured a lot this
year”, he told Algerian newspaper Le Buture.
Mean while, FIFA president, Sepp Blatter caused controversy
prior to the final shortlist being announced when he appeared to state his
preference for Messi over Ronaldo.
He described Messi as a “good boy who every
mother and father would like to have at home”, adding that “he will always get
a lot of votes because he’s this nice man”.
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