UEFA drops Kante to squeeze Ronaldo into team of the year

Europe’s football governing body UEFA has been accused of sensationally changing the formation of their fans’ team of the year to accommodate Juventus and Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.

Fans’ voting reportedly placed the Portuguese fourth behind Lionel Messi, Sadio Mane and Robert Lewandowski in the forwards category.

The European football’s governing body, on Wednesday, named the XI, which is voted for by supporters.

However, the formation picked was a rarely-used 4-2-4, which led to many puzzled queries.

According to the Daily Mail ‘s Mike Keegan, Ronaldo was shoehorned in by UEFA at the expense of Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante after he finished fourth in the voting behind Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski.

According to Keegan, a source said:

“This is really not good. It is effectively vote rigging. Such is Ronaldo’s popularity at a senior level within the organisation, alarm bells sounded when he did not make the cut and, as a result, the formation was changed. It makes you wonder what else they get up to.”

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But a UEFA spokesman had a different

“The formation for this year’s team of the year was chosen to reflect the votes of the fans in parallel with the players’ achievements in UEFA competitions. As a result, there are five UEFA Champions League winners and four UEFA Nations League finalists [including one winner]. The formation changes on a regular basis, and this year is no exception.”

 There you have it…you can sound off in the comments section below to give your thoughts on whether the vote was rigged for Ronaldo.