Chelsea ace Frank Lampard has reluctantly admitted that, in terms of the FIFA World Player of the Year, all signs point to Cristiano Ronaldo...
Of the 23 nominees, the Blues midfielder is part of a ten-strong Premiership presence that also includes Liverpool pair Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, with Arsenal playmaker Cesc Fabregas in the mix, too.However, Lampard admits that the EPL stars, along with everyone else, should start practising their 'gracious loser' face ahead of the January 12 ceremony in Zurich.Talking to the Daily Express, he insisted that Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has the award in the bag."I'll be honest," he said, "It looks like it is going to be Ronaldo."Anyone who scores 42 goals in a season - performing the way he did - and wins the league and the Champions League is going to be hard to beat."Perhaps rueing Chelsea's 'so near yet so far' end-of-season festival of heartbreak under Avram Grant, Lamps continued: "Ronaldo said it the other day and he's right: the World Player of the Year award goes to a top, top player and it goes generally to those that have won things as well."Normally top players win things and when you look at Ronaldo, Kaka, Fabio Cannavaro, Ronaldinho - the recent winners - they have all been successful in their teams."Now, Lampard has targeted trophies so that he, too, can be showered with individual honours. He added: "If we can keep going through the very difficult parts at Christmas and Easter then hopefully we'll be up there again."
Of the 23 nominees, the Blues midfielder is part of a ten-strong Premiership presence that also includes Liverpool pair Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres, with Arsenal playmaker Cesc Fabregas in the mix, too.However, Lampard admits that the EPL stars, along with everyone else, should start practising their 'gracious loser' face ahead of the January 12 ceremony in Zurich.Talking to the Daily Express, he insisted that Manchester United superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has the award in the bag."I'll be honest," he said, "It looks like it is going to be Ronaldo."Anyone who scores 42 goals in a season - performing the way he did - and wins the league and the Champions League is going to be hard to beat."Perhaps rueing Chelsea's 'so near yet so far' end-of-season festival of heartbreak under Avram Grant, Lamps continued: "Ronaldo said it the other day and he's right: the World Player of the Year award goes to a top, top player and it goes generally to those that have won things as well."Normally top players win things and when you look at Ronaldo, Kaka, Fabio Cannavaro, Ronaldinho - the recent winners - they have all been successful in their teams."Now, Lampard has targeted trophies so that he, too, can be showered with individual honours. He added: "If we can keep going through the very difficult parts at Christmas and Easter then hopefully we'll be up there again."
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