Ronaldo Deserves 2019 Ballon d’Or Award Over Messi – Cahill

Tim Cahill has point out his rival Cristiano Ronaldo for the 2019 Ballon d’Or award even though Lionel Messi has the upper hand to claim the next Ballon d’Or after another stunning season with Barcelona .

Both players are currently tied on a record of five Ballon d’Or titles and it is the Argentine that appears on track to pick up his sixth later this year.

Messi scored 36 goals in La Liga this season as Barcelona claimed another league title and he chipped in with a further 12 strikes in the Champions League.

Though Ronaldo’s numbers at Juventus have paled in comparison with the 34-year-old scoring 15 fewer league goals in Serie A, Cahill believes the fact he has been able to move to another league so successfully deserves recognition in the form of the Ballon d’Or.

“He left Real Madrid, went there and had such a massive impact on another league. I’ve never seen another player do it at Man United, Madrid for so many years.

“The reason why I say Ronaldo deserves the balon d’or, I know people won’t agree, is because of what he’s done in Juventus,” Cahill told Alkass Sport.