EA has released the top 50 player ratings before the release of FIFA 17. For the first time in seven years, Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi (93) is no longer the best player on the game. Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (94) has leapfrogged his La Liga rival, with Messi’s team-mate Neymar (92) in third place. So do you know Cristiano Ronaldo and if he has any time to play FIFA 17? Many top footballers like a game of FIFA or Pro Evolution Soccer, depending on their personal preference, now and again.
Cristiano Ronaldo is a footballing genius. The 31-year-old, what with the amount of time matches - including all the travel - and training take up, must be left with very little free time. And most of that free time will be spent looking after his young son, as well as catching up with the rest of his friends and family. The 31-year-old was delayed in starting the new term with Real due to a knee injury picked up in the Euro 2016 final, and he has yet to hit his usual superlative form. However, former Brazil international Carlos said the Ballon d'Or is Ronaldo's this year, per Rosa Doro of TuttoMercatoWeb.
"He's already got the [Ballon d'Or] trophy at home, but no one said it," Carlos said. "He needed some time to get back at his level after the knee injury, but from now on we will see the Cristiano we all know, the same that won the European Championship with Portugal: I wish him all the good luck he needs." Ronaldo was on the scoresheet as Real thrashed Real Betis 6-1 away on Saturday to end a run of four games on the spin without a win in all competitions.
As discussed below by Bleacher Report's Sam Tighe and Dean Jones, Ronaldo has not started the season in the kind of form usually expected of him: Last season, he netted at almost a goal per game in La Liga—scoring 35 in 36 appearances—and returned a staggering 16 goals in 12 as Real won the Champions League, per WhoScored.com. Clearly, with the Portuguese having recovered from his injury, Carlos believes Ronaldo is now set to return to that kind of form despite the fact he is closing in on his 32nd birthday.
