Jorge Mendes: “Cristiano’s numbers should be enough to win the Ballon d’Or”

Cristiano Ronaldo is a goal-scoring machine, both with a Portugal national team jersey and with Manchester United’s. Not long ago, Juventus also enjoyed their scoring. This, added to his good performances in recent months, placed the footballer among the 30 nominees for the Ballon d’Or.

Although there are a few weeks left for the ceremony in which the winner will be decided, for the agent of ‘CR7 ′, Jorge Mendes, his client should take the award, without a doubt. The manager explained that the numbers achieved by the athlete are the best arguments for this to come true.

“Cristiano Ronaldo’s numbers speak for him and should be enough to win another Ballon d’Or. The absolutely remarkable score of 115 goals for the Portuguese team makes him the absolute record holder in the history of world football, a record of 15. years, to which is added the best scorer in the history of world football (794) “Mendes pointed out, in an interview with L´Équipe.

“This, which is the greatest achievement in the history of football, must be decisive in the awarding of the trophy, because it continues to show that he is, without a doubt, the best player in the history of world football”added the agent, who also works with James Rodríguez, Ansu Fati, Ángel Di María, among others.

Mendes took time to list more achievements of the 36-year-old footballer, who a few months ago closed his cycle at Juventus and returned to Manchester United.

“It is true that it is an individual trophy, but let’s not forget that Cristiano Ronaldo was the top scorer in the demanding Italian league, he was the top scorer in the last European Championship, he holds the Champions League top scorer record, he is the only player in the world that has won everything in three different countries with maximum competitiveness such as England, Italy and Spain. years, but with an absolutely unique regularity “, he indicated.

To close, Mendes declared: “From my point of view, the Ballon d’Or has a name: Cristiano Ronaldo. He never deserved the Ballon d’Or so much “.