I can only be proud of what I have been doing over all these years. It’s clear that Spanish football was owed one and I think my Ballon d’Or partly pays it off. I am very happy about it. It had been ...

A hard-hitting defensive midfielder, the 28-year-old has been imperative in City's unbelievable form since joining the ranks of the Etihad elite - even bagging a Ballon d'Or this year thanks to ...

Rodri has been taken aback by Cristiano Ronaldo’s ‘unfair’ jibe as the Ballon d’Or row rolls on ... Even six-time winner Ronaldo gave his verdict and claimed that it was “unfair ...