Cristiano Ronaldo asserted that the Ballon d’Or and The Best “are losing credibility” and went further: he said he knows firsthand “what happens behind the scenes”.
For the Portuguese player, when these awards are handed out, the numbers from an entire season are the only facts that matter, and no jury can twist them.
“Individual awards have no value”, declared the 5-time Ballon d’Or winner, leaving an uncomfortable question hanging in the air: if he himself lifted that trophy five times, what changed for him to see it that way today?