Jesse Lingard says Cristiano Ronaldo is football's answer to basketball legend Michael Jordan, but he insists he has never had any "trouble" when facing the Portugal icon.
Juventus forward Ronaldo won his second Serie A title in a row as the Turin club beat Sampdoria on Sunday. The scudetto triumph takes the former Manchester United and Real Madrid man's tally of titles won to seven - one more than Jordan clinched with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s.
And when asked to name the footballer whose achievements can be compared to Jordan's, Lingard had no qualms about picking the five-time Ballon d'Or winner. "I have to say Cristiano Ronaldo.
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