Ruben Neves: Is Ronaldo the best of all time? Of course yes!

The Juve man won his second major honour with Portugal on Sunday, further helping to establish his reputation as one of football's legends

Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves has hailed his international team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo as the greatest player of all time, after the Juventus man guided his country to Nations League success on Sunday night.

“Cristiano is the best,” he said, as quoted by the Express and Star. “

He showed that in the semi-finals and again. We are lucky to have him in our team.”

Asked whether he thought Ronaldo was the best of all time, Neves responded: “Of course, yes. For me, he’s the best ever, and I’m a really lucky guy to play with him.”

As well as Ronaldo’s international triumphs, his list of accolades include five Champions League winners’ medals and domestic titles in Spain, England and Italy.

However, it is the Portuguese star’s individual success which set him apart from the world’s other premier players - namely the five Ballon d’Ors he has claimed.

Along with Messi, no one was won the award more times than the Juve no.7 and after his success with Portugal there have been suggestions that Ronaldo could well win the trophy again for a record-breaking sixth time.