Cristiano Ronaldo's decision to leave Real Madrid for Juventus "should be appreciated", Andre Villas-Boas said as the Marseille coach backed the star to win the Ballon d'Or.
Villas-Boas backed his fellow Portuguese, although he labelled both Ronaldo and Messi as extraterrestrials.
"It's difficult... I am Portuguese so of course I support Ronaldo more," he said.
"Cristiano took a risk by leaving the best team in the world, with more titles in the world. That kind of risk should be appreciated. Playing in Italy and scoring goals is difficult.
"Messi is still in his club, Barcelona, which is a big club. He is able to make the difference.
"But I am more for Cristiano because I'm Portuguese. Both of them are exceptional, it's difficult to choose. It [Ballon d'Or] will become a competition between them.
"Having these two players in the same generation and watching them is absolutely incredible. They are extraterrestrials."
raynknight
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There r Two ETs 👽 One from Rosario and one from Madeira
Onos
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Both of them deserve the Ballon d'Or. As a CR700 Plus fan it will be great to see him win it, but I will have no regrets if Messi does win it.
raynknight
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CR7's chances of winning Ballon D'or is as slim as Arsenal's EPL Hopes 👊
TheophilusJr
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if moving from once big club to another big club wins you a Ballon D'or, then Zlatan should have won the most Ballon D'or awards.
Daimai
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it's too late to discuss the owner or fake deserving candidate of ballon d'or when the owner leo Messi is ready to turn up n pick the award .. . let this be the last rumors everyone knows 🐐 deserve it,..