5 reasons why Cristiano Ronaldo might not win the FIFA The Best award this year

#1 A poor start to the new campaign

Another slow start for the Portuguese

It is not news anymore that Cristiano Ronaldo has left Real Madrid for Juventus. After spending a trophy-laden 9 seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu, the Portuguese decided to take on a new challenge in his career, completing a £88 million move to join the Italian champions.

The attacker was expected to have instant impacts at the Allianz Stadium following his mega-move to the Seria A this summer, but he has failed to meet up with the expectations before him - failing to find the back of the net in 3 consecutive matches and recording another poor start to a domestic campaign.

Whereas, the likes of Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Eden Hazard and Mohamed Salah have all got the ground running this season. With the race to the award getting tighter every day, anything could prove to be decisive and a poor start to the campaign is never a good sign for Cristiano Ronaldo.