Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi talk about FIFA Ballon D'or

Winner of FIFA Ballon D'or 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo has thanked his teammates for helping him winning the award after five year drought since 2008.

Cristiano Ronaldo news: Portuguese denies FIFA Ballon D'or rumors regarding his absence

Real Madrid star and Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo has recently denied the rumors about his absence at FIFA Ballon D'or 2014 gala this month.

"It is a closed topic and I do not want to talk any more about this. I can only say that I will go to the gala. I have always gone to the gala. I do not see why you do not have to go. It's normal to be present. I'll see what happens. I do not know if it's fair or not to win it. I'm trying to do my job as always", he told.

"I will help Real Madrid with goals and good displays. If I win, great, and if not, then life goes on and I'll stay the same", added 28 year old.

Ronaldo has been nominated and is one of top three contenders for most prestigious award in worldwide soccer along with Franck Ribery and Lionel Messi.

Pele and Robbie Fowler praise Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

Brazilian legend Pele quotes that Lionel Messi is similar to him, during an interview with FIFA Weekly magazine.

"Ribery, Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo all have different characteristics, but all are attackers like me. In terms of the role he plays within the team, Messi has the style which is most similar to mine." said Brazil international.

When asked about his favorite player, he said, "I really can't compare those four players. It's impossible to answer that question. Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic are more similar, but Ribery is a classic playmaker, and Messi simply can't be compared with anybody."

While in another interview, Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler told reporters, "I have a soft corner for Cristiano. I think he deserved to win the Ballon D'Or. He has been fantastic throughout the season, I want Messi to do well. He has not done well for his country in the World Cup. I just think he will have a big World Cup this time. Messi has been struggling with injuries this season and even before his (Messi's) injury, Suarez was doing better. So I said Suarez was better than Messi this season."

Cristiano Ronaldo talks on Ballon D'or absence

Cristiano Ronaldo told media while inauguration of his own museum that he is not 'obsessed' with winning Ballon d'Or in 2014 and rumors about his absence at FIFA's all events.

"The Ballon d'Or is a trophy but I'm not obsessed with it. Let's see what happens. We have left space for more trophies. Here is the evidence of what I have won, no one will take it away from here and these were things I wanted to share with my fans, show them what I have already achieved." said Real Madrid star.

"There are still several days left for that, We are discussing this issue with the club and then we'll see what happens." added Ronaldo when asked about his presence/absence at this year's FIFA Ballon D'or gala on 13th next month.

The Portuguese star has been nominated in top three contenders for this year's FIFA player of the year award along with Frank Ribery and Lionel Messi.

Zinedine Zidane hails Cristiano Ronaldo as 'Monstrous'

Zinedine Zidane has hailed Cristiano Ronaldo by descibing him as "monstrous".

The Frenchman quoted, "Cristiano Ronaldo has shown what he can do for Portugal and Real Madrid. He does not need to talk much. Much has been said of him, but what he does on the pitch is monstrous". 

Gareth Bale quotes on Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid star Gareth Bale, has quoted on his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo at promotion of EA SPORTS FIFA 14 for Xbox One and Play station 4. The Wales international has also made some other quotes regarding his record transfer to Real Madrid and his performance letting his team win yesterday.

 “Ronaldo is nothing short of ­unbelievable. I think he has shown that consistently. It seems he hasn't scored fewer than two goals every game since I have been here and at the moment, for me, he’s the world’s best player. I think he has proved that week in, week out and the number of goals he has scored this season is just mind-blowing." he said. 

Cristiano Ronaldo quotes on Lionel Messi and his Real Madrid teammates

Cristiano Ronaldo was recently named number 1 in Football magazine Four Four Two’s’list of ‘Top 100 Players in the World’ told in an interview with the magazine about the chance of winning both competitions, i.e., Champions league and La Liga.

“I think we can win both the league and the Champions League. That would be amazing!” 

Ronaldinho and David Moyes speak on Cristiano Ronaldo

Brazilian legend Ronaldinho spoke on Friday about Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo leading his side from front in World Cup 2014 in a match against Sweden by scoring a brilliant hat-trick and getting qualified for the tournament.   

Cristiano and Zlatan scored as Portugal qualify for World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brilliant hat-trick in a classic encounter against Sweden as Portugal qualified for World Cup fourth consecutive time.

Cristiano Ronaldo Talks on past mistakes at United, hairstyle and win over Sweden

Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted in an interview with lifestyle magazine that he has made many mistakes during his younger years at Manchester United.

“I see pictures of myself when I was 16 or 17 and I say, ‘What did I do?’ because of the cut of my hair, or the colour. When I was in Manchester I had the ‘spaghetti’ hair – long with yellow tips. What was I doing?". 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic quotes on Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and World Cup

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has quoted recently on Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and spoke on world cup.

Talking to the reporters, Swedish international said " I am progressing all the time as a player, and even though I am 32, I don’t think I’ve ever played better."

Cristiano Ronaldo responds to Blatter's remarks

Cristiano Ronaldo has responded FIFA President Sepp Blatter for a "hair dressing" remark about him. 
Blatter had made a comment on Real Madrid Star while FA's 150th anniversary celebration.

Sir Alex Ferguson's autobiography: A bag of secrets

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted in his newly published autobiogarphy that he promised Cristiano Ronaldo his dream Real Madrid move. 

"Madrid paid £80million in cash for him, and do you know why? It was a way for Florentino Perez, their president, to say to the world, 'We are Real Madrid, we are the biggest of the lot'," Ferguson wrote.

"I went to Carlos's (Queiroz, former Manchester United assistant coach and then-Portugal manager) house in Portugal to find the boy expressing an urge to go to Real Madrid, and told him: 'You can't go this year, not after the way Calderon has approached the issue".

Maradona and Arnold speak over Cristiano Ronaldo

Former Argentina captain and the football legend Diego Maradona and former Arnold Schwarzenegger have spoke on Cristiano Ronaldo in two different interviews.