Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo ‘light years ahead of anyone else’ – Pepe

Real Madrid defender Pepe has backed Cristiano Ronaldo to become one of the best players ever, and says his teammate for club and country is “light years ahead of anyone else” currently.

Three-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo has scored 43 goals in 41 appearances for Real Madrid this season, and has helped lead Los Blancos to the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the sixth straight season.

CRISTIANO RONALDO will reportedly be available this summer for a staggeringly low fee

Ronaldo is thought to be considering an exit from Real Madrid at the end of the season.

Express Sport understands both Paris Saint-Germain and his former club Manchester Unitedare in the running for his signature.

And Spanish publication Sport say he will be available for just £48million.

Ronaldo arrived at the Bernabeu in 2009 after scoring 118 goals in 292 appearances for United.

But the Portuguese star isn’t expected to be sold for anywhere near that fee, with his re-sale value considered to not be very strong.

And as his current contract runs out in 2018, the Spanish giants want to cash in on the Portugal captain before his value is slashed next summer.

Ronaldo already has 42 goals to his name this term, and scored the winning goal in El Clasico against Barcelona on Saturday.

CR vs Belgium

Ballon d’or 2014

roughly 40 days away from the illustrious ceremony where we will all get to know the name of the best player in the World in 2014, FIFA revealed the final 3 candidates to win the Ballon d’Or 2014. The ceremony will be held in Zurich next January 12 and even though the voting deadline already expired on November 21, it was only made public earlier this Monday that the podium will be occupied by Real Madrid‘sCristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona‘s Lionel Messi and Bayern Munich‘s Manuel Neuer. As we’ll be analyzing below, each of these players had their own merits during the year, but only one of them will get to be crowned as the best player in the World in 2014.

The FIFA Ballon d’Or 2014 candidates: Ronaldo, Messi and Neuer:

Cristiano vs eibar 22.11.2014

Ronaldo sold to Real Madrid for £80m

Manchester United have accepted an £80million bid from Real Madrid for Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo has long been a target for the Spanish giants, whose president Florentino Perez vowed earlier this week to do “everything possible” to take the 24-year-old to the Bernabeu.

A statement on www.manutd.com this morning, under the headline ‘Reds accept £80m Ronaldo bid’, read: “Manchester United have received a world-record, unconditional offer of £80million for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.”