Either Ronaldo or Messi had won the award every year since 2007. (Image: REUTERS)The Real Madrid playmaker told Sportske Novosti : “I cannot say why someone did not attend – that’s their choice. “It is not fair to their playing colleagues, or to the voters who have nominated them for the past 10 years. The French boss left the Bernaebu having clinched the third Champions League last summer,That victory went a long way towards the Ballon d'Or success and after picking up the award, Modric shared Zidane's emotional words. "He told me that I was an important player for him and, above all, that he saw me as a player who could win the Ballon d'Or."

Source: Daily Mirror December 15, 2018 13:18 UTC