Tag: Ballon d’Or

Why none of the 2015 Ballon d’Or finalists deserve the award

The Ballon d’or nominees have been announced and, as usual, everyone has opinions on them. Even the nominees themselves. Neymar thinks Cristiano Ronaldo should have been left out and Luis Suarez should have been included, Cristiano thinks Lionel Messi will win, and Messi probably thinks they should all skip the Ballon d’Or gala and go to Legoland instead.

None of these men deserve the award, though. So, without further ado, let’s get to pointing out the failings of these magnificent athletes.

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Cristiano Ronaldo has a Ballon d’Or phone case worth more than his phone

Cristiano Ronaldo has a gold ball (three, actually), gold boots, and now he has a gold iPhone case to complete the set of things that would make Auric Goldfinger jealous if he were alive today and a real person. The iPhone 6 case made specially for Ronaldo by Swedish company Golden Concepts is 24 karat gold and worth more than $6,000. So if he drops it, he would be more upset about scratching the case than breaking the phone. Or he wouldn’t care because the combined value of both items is about four minutes worth of wages to him. Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo to wear diamond encrusted gold boots to celebrate third Ballon d’Or

Nike has created their first ever micro-diamond encrusted football boots to mark Cristiano Ronaldo’s Ballon d’Or hat trick. And, like Cristiano himself, they’re not just for show — he will wear them for the second leg of Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey tie against Atletico Madrid on Thursday.

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