Rosell’s dig at Ronaldo

Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has scoffed at Cristiano Ronaldo’s claim to be crowned World Player of the Year by claiming the Real Madrid forward is not even in the world’s top 10 players.

Ronaldo claimed a fortnight ago that he deserved the award after guiding Real Madrid past Barca to the Spanish title this season and his case was further strengthen by a match-winning performance as Portugal qualified for the quarter-finals of the European Championship with a 2-1 win over Holland.

However, Rosell insisted that there should be no doubt over whether Lionel Messi will pick up his fourth consecutive Balon d’Or at the end of the year.