“Ballon d’Or Is Not Good For Football” – Mourinho

Jose Mourinho has claimed that the FIFA Ballon d’Or prize is bad for football, as it celebrates individuals rather than the team.

Cristiano Ronaldo is believed to be leading the race, to be crowned the World’s Best Player, along with rival Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer.

UEFA president Michel Platini, said this week that a German player deserves the award, while Real Madrid fired back insisting that Ronaldo deserves it more – an obsession Mourinho does not like.

“This kind of trophy, the Ballon d’Or, is not good for football,” Mourinho told reporters. “This is why I don’t care about it.

“Sometimes it looks like we are looking for stars, we are looking for some people to be more important than others. And this is not the culture we want in this club.

“I don’t care about it. But it’s there. It’s there as a consequence of the good work the team is doing. And, if they feel that, okay. It’s good for them.

“But the mentality here is not to be worried about that. Even less being obsessed with that.

“When I see these two names, Cesc Fabregas and Eden Hazard, I think clearly they don’t think about it. They think about the team, about playing well and trying to win matches.”

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