Ronaldo is simply D’Orsome

JOSE MOURINHO reckons Cristiano Ronaldo deserves to win the next FIFA world player of the year over Lionel Messi.

Barcelona star Messi has picked up the Ballon D’Or for the last three years, collecting his third award in January.

 But Mourinho believes Ronaldo would be a worthy winner when the awards come round again due to his remarkable goalscoring feats this season which helped Real Madrid to the league title.

 Ronaldo scored an astonishing 46 La Liga goals this campaign – although, unbelievably, that was still four short of Messi’s haul of 50 league strikes.

 Real boss Mourinho said: “Cristiano has to win the Ballon D’Or, not because he has been the top goalscorer — he was that already last season — but because his goals have delivered a title.

 “Messi scored 50 goals that weren’t worth anything, in the same way that Cristiano scored 42 last season that didn’t stand for anything.

 “He hasn’t been able to win the Pichichi (top-scorer in La Liga) and I believe he should be compensated with the Ballon D’Or.”

 Mourinho described his first league title in Spain as the toughest he has ever won.

 The 49-year-old Portuguese has now won seven championships in four different countries after collecting two league titles each with Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan.

 But he believes overcoming Barcelona has been the biggest challenge of his career.

 He added: “All the titles are well recognised, this is undeniable.

 “But I can say that this was the most difficult of the seven titles I have won.

 “This was more difficult because we had an opponent that is recognised as the best team in the past few years.

 “Throughout the whole tournament there was a great pressure because if we drew we could lose points in the title race. For this reason it has been the most difficult, but also very deserved.”