Skip to main content

Pepe: Denying Cristiano Ronaldo the Ballon d'Or is scandalous




Pepe says it is disgraceful if this year's Ballon d'Or prize is denied his teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo. This would be the third win for 29-year-old Ronaldo after his first win in 2008. Speaking with national newspaper A Bola, Pepe said "it would be a scandal if they did not give the Ballon d'Or to Cristiano Ronaldo this year." When the defender was asked: "Can anyone admit that Ronaldo is not going to be the winner of the trophy?" Pepe replied "If any other player wins, they should be ashamed given what Cristiano has been doing, beating lots of records, scoring 17 goals in the Champions League last season, these things are almost impossible." FIFA will on December 1 announce three-man shortlist for the award.

Via espn

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Blatter loses Appeal

credit: fox sports Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has had his appeal to overturn his six-year ban from all footballing activities unsuccessful.

Hot Transfer Gossip: Juventus eye Barcelona star midfielder Iniesta

According to reports, Juventus have set their eye on 33-year old Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta. More details later...

Labrune, Diouf, others arrested over Marseille sales of Didier Drogba, Samir Nasri

Furore over the Marseille sales of Didier Drogba and Samir Nasri into Chelsea and Arsenal respectively escalated to more arrests on Tuesday. The people arrested are: Current OM president Vincent Labrune, and his two predecessors, Jean-Claude Dassier and Pape Diouf. According to ESPN, these are among around a dozen people being questioned by police over commission and alleged illicit payments made on transfers involving the Ligue 1 outfit. The probe,which began in 2011, is being investigated in France. Via espn