Cristiano Ronaldo has accused France Football editor-in-chief, Pascal Ferre, over recent "lies" involving Lionel Messi and the Ballon d'Or.
France Football is the publication that gives out the prestigious individual football award, which Ronaldo has won five times, and Ferre criticised the Manchester United star over the weekend ahead of the 2021 ceremony. "Ronaldo has only one ambition and that is to retire with more Ballon d'Or [awards] than Messi.
I know because he has told me," he is quoted as saying in Marca. Ronaldo, who will not attend Monday's ceremony in Paris, has now responded to Ferre's claim on social media and he has strongly hit out against the Ballon d'Or boss. "Today's outcome explains why Pascal Ferré's statements last
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