Thirty-one-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a new five-year contract at Real Madrid on Monday. The Portuguese remains the highest paid player in Real retaining his £365,000-a-week wage. However, Ronaldo hopes to retire at 41.
As the club’s all-time top scorer and if he sees out his new deal, the Real Madrid forward, will have spent 12 seasons at the Bernabeu.
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Ronaldo seals new juicy contract
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FIFA Best Player award: Ronaldo, Messi lead 23-man shortlist
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi lead the contenders on the 23-man shortlist for The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016 award, with three members of Leicester City’s title-winning squad also in contention.
Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N’Golo Kante, who has since joined Chelsea, have been named on the shortlist in recognition of their roles in Leicester’s shock Premier League title success last season. Claudio Ranieri is also a leading contender for the top coach award.
Top names on the list include Portugal captain Ronaldo — who enjoyed success in the Champions League and Euro 2016 this year — and Real Madrid teammates Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos, Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric, plus Barcelona’s Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar and Andres Iniesta.
Atletico Madrid and France forward Antoine Griezmann, a finalist in the Champions League and European Championship, is another contender, along with international teammate Dimitri Payet.
FIFA announced this week that its rebranded “The Best” awards will be decided by a combination of votes from national coaches and captains, journalists and fans. Voting for the player and coach awards, in both men’s and women’s football, closes on Nov. 22.
The 23-man list is due to be reduced to three candidates on Dec. 2 ahead of the Jan. 9 ceremony.
Messi and Ronaldo have dominated FIFA’s annual award, formerly known as the Ballon d’Or and World Player of the Year, since 2008. Messi has won five times and Ronaldo three.
Ronaldo was seen as favourite under the old voting rules to win for 2016 because Portugal won the European Championship and Real Madrid won the Champions League. Messi and Argentina lost to Chile in the Copa America final.
The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2016 shortlist:
Sergio Aguero
Gareth Bale
Gianluigi Buffon
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kevin De Bruyne
Antoine Griezmann
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Andres Iniesta
N’Golo Kante
Toni Kroos
Robert Lewandowski
Riyad Mahrez
Lionel Messi
Luka Modric
Manuel Neuer
Neymar
Mesut Ozil
Dimitri Payet
Paul Pogba
Sergio Ramos
Alexis Sanchez
Luis Suarez
Jamie Vardy
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Musa wears rival club jersey
Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa, the new signed player of Leceister City Football Club was spotted wearing a rival club jersey while attending to the needy in his birthplace in Jos the capital city of Plateau State, Nigeria.He has been the subject matter of many tweets after a photograph showed he was putting on a Manchester United Jersey.It was also confirmed by Musa’s close friends, that he was a very big fan of Cristiano Ronaldo, the European footballer of the year and a big fan of Manchester United as well.He was also said to be attached to the number 7, his jersey number for both club and country because it was Ronaldo’s number when he was with United. -
Ronaldo wins UEFA Best Player award
Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has won the UEFA Best Player in Europe award for the second time.
Ronaldo, 31, claimed the prize ahead of his club team-mate, Gareth Bale and Atletico Madrid star, Antoine Griezmann, at a gala event held in Monaco on Thursday, Goal reports.
The forward, who first won the award in 2014, scored the winning spot-kick as Real Madrid beat Atletico in the Champions League final on penalties in May,
He also led Portugal to victory in the European Championship in June, scoring three goals during the tournament.
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FIFA Ballon d’Or 2015 Winners
FIFA Ballon D’or Player of The Year:
Lionel Messi. He wins it for the record fifth time.
2015 FIFA/FIFPRO WORLD XI
Manuel Neuer; Thiago Silva, Marcelo, Sergio Ramos, Dani Alves; Andres Iniesta, Luka Modric, Paul Pogba; Lionel Messi, Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo.FIFA Women Coach of the Year nominees:
Jill Ellis – United States
Mark Sampson- England
Norio Sasaki – Japan
Women Coach of the Year:
Jill Ellis – United States
Men Coach of the Year nominees:
Pep Guardiola – Bayern Munich
Luis Enrique – Barcelona
Jorge Sampaoli – Chile
Men Coach of the Year:
Luis Enrique
Women Player of the Year nominees:
Carli Lloyd – United States
Aya Miyama – Japan
Celia Sasic – Germany
FIFA Fair Play award:
All those supporting refugees worldwide
Men Player of the Year nominees:
Lionel Messi – Argentina
Cristiano Ronaldo – Portugal
Neymar – Brazil
FIFA Puskas nominees:
Alessandro Florenzi – Italy
Lionel Messi – Argentina
Wendell Lira – Brazil
Winner:
Wendell Lira – Brazil
Women Player of the Year:
Carli Lloyd – United States
Men Player of the Year:
Lionel Messi – Argentina
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Breaking: FIFA releases list of nominees for Ballon d’Or Award
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The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has on Monday announced the contenders for the FIFA Ballon d’Or Award for the best player of 2015 and for the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year 2015 Award. The list that was first released on FIFA.com, had the nominees listed in alphabetical order: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid), Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona) and Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona). Meanwhile, Carli Lloyd (USA/Houston Dash), Aya Miyama (Japan/Okayama Yunogo Belle), and Célia Šašić (Germany/1. FFC Frankfurt) are in the running for the women’s award. The candidates for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football and FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football awards have also been announced. In alphabetical order, the contenders are: Pep Guardiola (Spain/FC Bayern Munich), Luis Enrique Martínez (Spain/FC Barcelona), Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina/Chilean national team) for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men’s Football award; and Jill Ellis (USA/USA national team), Mark Sampson (Wales/English national team) and Norio Sasaki (Japan/Japanese national team) for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Women’s Football award. All of the nominees were confirmed after a voting process, which was open to the captains and head coaches of the men and women’s national teams of the 207 member associations as well as international media representatives selected by FIFA and France Football. The percentages of the collected votes are as follows (number of votes/number of associations): Voting for men’s awards: 165 Member associations (captains & coaches): 79.71% Media representatives: 88.60% Voting for women’s awards: 136 Member associations (captains & coaches): 76,83% Media representatives: 80.92% The voting procedure for each of the awards was supervised and monitored by the independent observer PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Switzerland. In addition, the three nominees for the FIFA Puskás Award for the “most beautiful goal of the year” were announced. The three final goals are: Alessandro Florenzi – 16.09.2015, AS Roma – FC Barcelona, UEFA Champions League / Wendell Lira – 11.03.2015, Atletico-GO –Goianesia, Campeonato Goiano (Brazil) / Lionel Messi – 30.05.2015, Athletic Bilbao - FC Barcelona, Copa del Rey (Spain). All of the awards will be presented at the FIFA Ballon d’Or award ceremony at theKongresshaus in Zurich on 11 January 2016 during a televised show, which will equally be streamed live on FIFA.com and FIFA on YouTube. The award has been dominated by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as part of their ongoing rivalry. Ronaldo is the most recent recipient of the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2014, after beating Messi and Manuel Neuer to the award. -
Yaya Toure, 22 others shortlisted for Ballon d’Or
Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure, is the only African nominated for football’s top individual accolade, the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or.
The Ivorian midfielder is among a 23-man shortlist released by FIFA on Tuesday, africanFootball.com reports.
Toure is joined on the list by four time winner Lionel Messi, current holder Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester City teammate, Sergio Aguero.
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Zurich, Austria on January 11, 2016.
The Full list:
Sergio Aguero (Argentina/Manchester City)
Gareth Bale (Wales/Real Madrid)
Karim Benzema (France/Real Madrid)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal/Real Madrid)
Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium/VfL Wolfsburg/Manchester City)
Eden Hazard (Belgium/Chelsea)
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden/Paris Saint-Germain)
Andres Iniesta (Spain/FC Barcelona)
Toni Kroos (Germany/Real Madrid)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland/FC Bayern Munich)
Javier Mascherano (Argentina/FC Barcelona)
Lionel Messi (Argentina/FC Barcelona)
Thomas Muller (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)
Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern Munich)
Neymar (Brazil/FC Barcelona)
Paul Pogba (France/Juventus)
Ivan Rakitic (Croatia/FC Barcelona)
Arjen Robben (Netherlands/FC Bayern Munich)
James Rodriguez (Colombia/Real Madrid)
Alexis Sanchez (Chile/Arsenal)
Luis Suarez (Uruguay/FC Barcelona)
Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire/Manchester City)
Arturo Vidal (Chile/Juventus/FC Bayern Munich)
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Cristiano Ronaldo supports GEJ?
On the official facebook page of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Front (NDPSF), a photo of World footballer of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo surfaced on monday. The photo featured the footballer holding a placard with ‘vote GEJ for 2015” inscription.
Many are still speculating it is photo shopped due to the fact that the Portuguese star has never played against Nigeria, visited the West African nation nor met the incumbent president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in person.
The photo is however gaining momentum and its authenticity still under investigation.
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Messi is world’s most expensive footballer
The International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) has published the 120 most expensive footballers in the world based on their current market values.
In order to qualify to make the list, the footballer must be plying his trade in one of the top five leagues in Europe – Spain, England, France, Germany and Italy, sl10.ng reports.
Regrettably, no Nigerian player was mentioned by the Switzerland – based organization, though the likes of Mikel, Onazi, Ujah, Enyeama and Ikechukwu Uche ply their trade in the prestigious championships.
The only consolation is that Bayern Munich’s Austria international, David Alaba, who has Nigerian blood flowing in his veins, is ranked in the 56th position while England midfielder Ross Barkley is among the players in the top 40.
Five of Mikel’s teammates at Chelsea – Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, Francesc Fàbregas, Oscar and Thibaut Courtois – were named in the top 20.
As expected Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi, is the most valuable player in the world followed by Real Madrid poster boy, Cristiano Ronaldo.
Top 10 most expensive footballers:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona): €220 million
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid): €133 million
Eden Hazard (Chelsea): €99 million
Diego Costa (Chelsea): €84 million
Paul Pogba (Juventus): €72 million
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City): €65 million
Raheem Sterling (Liverpool): €63 million
Francesc Fàbregas (Chelsea): €62 million
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal): €61 million
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid): €60 million
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Ronaldo helped Di Maria make United decision
Angel di Maria has revealed Cristiano Ronaldo helped convince him a move to Manchester United was the right one.
Di Maria moved from Real Madrid to Old Trafford in August in a £59.7million deal that smashed the British transfer record, but he sought the advice of the former United attacker before any switch was confirmed.
The pair played together for five seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu, winning the UEFA Champions League, La Liga and two Copa del Rey titles.
So, when news of a potential move to the Premier League surfaced, the Argentina international was quick to get the thoughts of the Ballon d’Or holder.
“He told me it was a massive club and that I would be very happy here and it would be good for me,” he told Inside United, the club’s official magazine
“At that time, we didn’t know for sure that I was coming or not, so we didn’t go into great detail, but what he did say helped me greatly to make my decision.
“It was a very big moment in my career.
“Leaving a club like Real and coming to as big a club as Manchester United makes you grow as a player and helps you progress in your career.
“It was a very important moment and I’m really happy here. Let’s hope things go well for me so I can be here for many years.”
Di Maria made a stunning start to his United career with three goals in six games, but he has failed to maintain that form, failing to score in the last four league matches.