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Lingard: Ronaldo ‘the Michael Jordan of football’ but didn’t trouble me when I played him – The World Game
Cristiano Ronaldo is football’s equivalent to basketball legend Michael Jordan, according to Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard.
NBA icon Jordan won six championships across two stints with the Chicago Bulls in the 1990s and was crowned MVP on five occasions.
By comparison, five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo has clinched seven league titles in three different countries, most recently helping Juventus to back-to-back Scudettos.
And Lingard, who was part of United’s academy during Ronaldo’s time at Old Trafford, believes the Portugal international is football’s answer to Jordan.
“I have to say Cristiano Ronaldo,” he to…
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