Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has claimed that Cristiano Ronaldo deserves this year's Ballon d'Or, arguing that Lionel Messi's sensational goal-scoring exploits count for nothing as Barcelona failed to retain their Primera Division crown.
"Cristiano has not been able to win the top scorer award and I think that should now be offset by the Ballon d'Or."
"Real Madrid is one thing, and the national team another," the two-time Champions League winner argued. "Clubs, as usual, are better. 
"Cristiano has to be the Ballon d'Or winner, not because he was the top scorer, which he already was last season, but because his goals won the league," the Portuguese said of his compatriot in an interview with SIC.
"Messi scored 50 goals that have not been worth anything, just as Cristiano scored 42 last season that were not worth anything.
While Mourinho is in no doubt that Ronaldo is the best player in the game today, he does not believe the 27-year-old attacker is capable of inspiring his country to glory in this summer's European Championship.
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