football maestro, Ronaldo has named five players who are potential Ballon D'or winner after himself and Lionel Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo who is the current winner of Ballon d’Or was speaking ahead of the release of a film on his life in the past year and named Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba as two of the best youngsters who can challenge himself and Messi.
Neymar
Also mentioned are Neymar Jnr of Barcelona, Real Madrid’s Martin Odegaard and Memphis Depay of Manchester United.
Eden Hazard
Ronaldo said: “You see many players with potential, I will mention Odegaard of Madrid for example, at 16 he’s still young but you can see he’s a very good player.
“Hazard for example, the No. 7 of Manchester Depay is a good player too, Pogba and maybe Neymar.”
Paul Pogba
All five players mentions enjoyed wonderful 2013/2015 seasons but Memhis Depay and Eden Hazard have struggled to get going this season.
Martin Odegaard
Paul Pogba has had an indifferent start to the season while 16 year old Odegaard who plays as a midfielder sees his way to the first team blocked by Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, James Rodriguez and Isco.
Memphis Depay
Neymar is the only star to have featured prominently for his club. He has eight goals in his last eight appearances for Barcelona.