Telegraph.co.uk


Ronaldo's transfer to Madrid will also see him compared to his biggest rival for World Player of the Year, Barcelona's Lionel Messi. The two faced off for the first time in the Champions League final, with Messi finding the net.
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Best and worst of the season
Yahoo! Eurosport, UK


Iniesta in particular has really arrived in the upper echelons of the world game this year, after being in the shadow of Ronaldinho and Deco for much of his career. As reigning world player of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo has to be up there,

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Given the recent transfers into Real Madrid of two of the finest players on the planet, has the balance of power shifted from the Premiership to La Liga? Great question! I was thinking the same thing the other day. With Messi, Kaka and Ronaldo all in

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With players possessing such boundless potential as Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo in the squad and many more quality players set to sign on — at least on paper, certainly. But will Real Madrid overtake Barcelona is a question that only time will tell.

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Times Online


I agree with you that all the mentioned players are great, but Egypt has great players Dr. Kamal Abou-Elhamd, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Ronaldinho (if he recovers his vigor), Drogba, Luis Fabiano, Gerrard , Ibrahimovich,

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Barcelona Not Worried by Real Madrid's Moves
New York Times, United States


Q. Real has now spent over $150 million on two of the top players in the world in Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká. It seems quite clear that they are issuing a challenge directly to you. Does it worry you to see them bulk up their squad,

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Furthermore, Barcelona's victory against Manchester United in the Champions League final pitted two of the world's best players against each other: Cristiano Ronaldo, last year's World Player of the Year, and Lionel Messi, Ronaldo's biggest challenger

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Times Online


The best league in the world? Everyone believes that they have the prettiest wife at home, as Arsène Wenger once said. Whatever your stance, Cristiano Ronaldo being lured from Old Trafford to the Bernabéu should not tip the balance one way or the other

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Times Online


I've said it once I'll say it again, RM outbid Barca for Beckham, Barca then lured Ronaldinho ahead of manu who then went for C.Ronaldo, two clubs did well out of this, one didn't. The only real success of the Galactico's era was Zidane, what chance RM

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One only has to look at the squads of the top teams in England and Spain to see that the best of the world game are plying their trade in these leagues. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney etc etc. They all play outside the

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