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FIFA president Gianni Infantino is furious with CristianoFIFA chief outraged after Ronaldo, Messi snub The Best awards ceremony Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for their failure to attend this year’s The Best awards ceremony in London.
The game’s governing body welcomed many of the world’s biggest footballers to Royal Festival Hall last week, but the absence of Ronaldo and Messi was very much an elephant in the room.
The Juventus and Barcelona stars, who have shared the award equally over the last decade, cited schedule clashes but it is widely believed they chose not to show up after learning the main prize would go to Luka Modric.