Ballon d'Or 2021: How can Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo win this year?

Ballon dOr 2021 will see some of top footballers battle it out to lay ir hands on prestigious award, and modern-day greats of game- Cristiano Ronaldo and his fierce rival Lionel Messi are expected to be frontrunners to win this award once again. As of now, no official announcement has been regarding awards ceremony. Messi has won Ballon dOr on six occasions, and Ronaldo takes a close second place with five awards to his name. Meanwhile, let's find out how Portugal captain can win this accole for sixth time and tie with his Argentine counterpart.

Cristiano Ronaldo me a blockbuster return to Manchester United, i.e. 12 years after leaving Old Trafford for Real Mrid in 2009. He has now scored five goals for 'Red Devils' ever since his second coming. While 'CR7' was benched during Man Utd's Premier League clash against Everton on Saturday, he would be looking to make amends in all games that he would get to feature in going forward. Noneless, according to a football pundit, 2016 UEFA Euro Cup winner would need to guide Manchester United to a major title if he is to be in contention for this year's Ballon d'Or.

"But from Ronaldo and Messi, I think Ronaldo would need to win eir Premier League or Champions League to have a chance and he would need to be main man, as he was at Real Mrid", said Get French Football News journalist am White as quoted by GIVEMESPORT.

Ballon dOr 2019

 Ballon dOr 2019 awards were held at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris on December 2, 2019, where Lionel Messi was judged winner of prestigious award for a record sixth time in his career. award ceremony was scrapped off in 2020 due to global pandemic. At same time, re is a possibility of  personal accole moving away from Sourn European nation for first time since 'CR7' won award in 2008 while representing Manchester United as both Ronaldo and Messi are no longer playing in Spain. While Ronaldo is back to 'atre of Dreams', Leo is currently associated with French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). However, this would only be possible if eir one of m manages to win  Ballon dOr 2021.

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