Cristiano Ronaldo was brought to Juventus for a reason: to help the club win the Champions League.
Despite dominating Italian football for a decade, Juve couldn’t get over the bump in Europe. They have reached the final several times, losing decision makers in 2015 and 2017.
The Portuguese superstar seemed like the obvious solution. After all, he had just led Real Madrid to three successive European Cups and still seemed to produce in the highlights of the tournament.
In the end, his impact in Europe for Juventus was minimal. During their three seasons in Turin, the club never made it past the quarter-finals, being eliminated by Ajax, Lyon and Porto.
In that sense, his tenure was a failure despite two Serie A titles and a number of personal accolades.
With Juventus finishing fourth in the league last season and having little impact in Europe, one would assume that Ronaldo’s chances for the Ballon d’Or this year are slim. He was nominated for the award, but figures like Lionel Messi, Robert Lewandowski and Jorginho are seen as more likely recipients.
Despite this, his agent Jorge Mendes believes Ronaldo should take home the award.
Talk to France Football, he said his client deserves the gong for his goalscoring exploits for club and country over the past year.
The numbers speak and they should be enough
He scored 115 goals for Portugal, becoming the world record holder with the national teams. He is the top scorer in football history.
It is a decisive thing and it means that he has to win the trophy because he continues to prove that he is the best player in history …
Remember that Cristiano was the top scorer in Serie A, he was the top scorer in the last European championships, he holds the record for most goals in the Champions League and is the only player to have it all. won in three different and very competitive countries like Italy, Spain and England.
All of this together makes it absolutely unique. From my point of view, the Ballon d’Or has only one name: Cristiano Ronaldo.
He has never deserved it better than this year.
Ronaldo scored 29 Serie A goals last season, also breaking the world record for most goals in men’s international football in recent months.
However, his lack of team success should mean this price exceeds him.
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