Cristiano Ronaldo: World's Best FootBall Player

Cristiano Ronaldo could go one better this campaign than last, and win Fifa World Player of the Year, but is he really the world's finest footballer?

He was second only to AC Milan's Kaka for last year's Fifa World Player of the Year, but he is the frontrunner for the title in 2008. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 38 goals for Manchester United this season, an astonishing number for a winger, smashing the 40 year old record of 35 strikes held by George Best. Ronaldo is arguably having the greatest single season of any player in the history of Manchester United.

The Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has suggested that Manchester United are overly reliant on their Portuguese playmaker, claiming that Ronaldo "has carried United on his back" through the season, as reported by Charlie Caroe, April 18 for the Telegraph. Although Ronaldo is United's outstanding player, it is the team around him that allows him to play his game. To suggest that he carries United is off the mark.