enjoys a better relationship with Lionel Messi, while
pointing out that he is still awaiting payment for
translation services at the Ballon d'Or.
The pair have long been rivals for football's most
coveted individual prizes, with either Messi or Ronaldo
taking the last eight Ballon d'Or trophies.
But speaking after Madrid's 5-1 demolition of Sporting
Gijon, the Portuguese striker insisted that any supposed
tensions with the Barcelona man had thawed.
"We have become closer, we have always enjoyed a
good relationship but perhaps in the last few years it
has become a little closer," he told reporters at the
Bernabeu.
Messi and Ronaldo shared the stage alongside Neymar
at the Ballon d'Or presentation ceremony in Zurich, and
the former Manchester United revealed that he had come
to the Barcelona pair's rescue.
"When we were up there on the stage neither Messi nor
Neymar speaks English, and I was their translator," he
laughed.
"I spoke with them later and told them not to forget to
pay me later for the translation!"
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