Griezmann faces stiff competition for the award, though, with Ronaldo the current favourite having helped Real Madrid and Portugal claim Champions League and Euro 2016 glory respectively. Here are a few reasons why Ronaldo won the prize and is now the runaway favorite to host the bigger trophy in January.
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Both players have been linked with interest from the Premier League – principally Manchester United.
He said he was honoured to be under consideration for the UEFA Best Player award, which he won for the 2013-14 season.
Ronaldo scored a massive 35 league goals as well as 16 in the Champions League for Madrid during the last season.
The player also played a huge part in Wales’ success at the European Championships in France, where Chris Coleman’s side reach the semi-final stage. Ronaldo earned 40 of 55 votes, comfortably topping Antoine Griezmann (eight votes) and Gareth Bale (seven) in the tabulation. But I want to win more titles.
Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has credited Zinedine Zidane’s appointment as Real Madrid head coach as the catalyst for “one of the best seasons” of his illustrious football career.
Cristiano Ronaldo has beaten off Gareth Bale and Antoine Griezmann to be crowned UEFA’s Best Player in Europe for the 2015/16 season. The attacking trio of Ronaldo, Bale and Karim Benzema is unparalleled in its production and overall ability around the world, with the exception of Barcelona’s absurd trio of Lionel Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez.
Rounding out the top 10 was Bayern Munich’s Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer, Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon and Real Madrid’s Toni Kroos and Pepe.
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Lyon forward Ada Hegerberg collected the women’s award. Pitted in the same group this tme, Bayern will definitely be planning vengeance on the Spanish side for last year’s upset and that might just lead us to yet another hard fought contest by two extremely hard working teams.
