Real Madrid attacker, Cristiano Ronaldo has tipped Argentine and Barcelona star, Lionel Messi to win the Ballon d’Or come January, 2016.
Both Ronaldo and Messi are in contention for the award given to the world’s best player. Messi scored 58 goals in all competitions as Barcelona won a treble in the 2014/2015 season.
While speaking to ITV in an interview set to be aired soon, Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo said he believes Messi should win this one.
“To be honest I think Messi is going to win this year because this kind of trophy, it depends on votes.
“You win competitions, you win Champions League you win the league in terms of individual.
“I did probably the best season of my career which is good and I was the highest scorer in Europe. It’s all about votes, it’s difficult and to be honest I’m not very worried about that because as I said many times, I never thought I’d win three times to be honest,” Ronaldo explained.
The 30-year-old also stated clearly that he has a good relationship with the Barcelona man.
“We have a normal relationship. We shared this stage at FIFA for eight years. No one has done that in the past – only us – so it’s good.
“I have a good relationship with him, he plays for one club, I play for another club. He won the best for him, I won the best for me. We have a good relationship, we are not home friends but we respect each other,” the former Manchester United man noted.
