Real Madrid and Portugal’s man main, Cristiano Ronaldo, won the Ballon d’Or golden boot for the fourth time after scoring 48 goals in 52 games and winning Champions League and European Championships honours.

Back in the 90s, we all wanted to be Diego Maradona when the jumpers came off. These days all the kids want to be Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo.

Football fans are living in an unbelievable age. While I believe the games are getting tougher due to the advancements in tactics and the financial pressure that comes with turning your football club into a business, we get to watch two of the greatest players in the history of the game battle it out for supremacy. They are football’s version of Batman versus Superman.

And as the pair once again topped the betting order for the 2016 Ballon d’Or we were all waiting in anticipation to see which superhero was going to be triumphant.