Why 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or host will try to convince Cristiano Ronaldo to join Manchester United?
James Nesbitt will try to convince Cristiano Ronaldo to join Manchester United, at the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or ceremony next month.
The Northern Irish actor is a lifelong Manchester United fan,and will meet the Real Madrid star in January, as he is hosting Ballon d’Or gala in Zurich. Earlier this month it was announced by FIFA that Nesbitt will host the event along with Sky Sports presenter Kate Abdo.
The Performance of this year’s Ballon D’Or nominees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lwLimy5-ls
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The Hobbit actor was asked as a Manchester United supporter would he cheer for Cristiano Ronaldo to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or, Nesbitt joked that he will take Manchester United shirt with Ronaldo name on it and try to convince him to put it on and request him for Old Trafford return.
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I’m taking a shirt with Ronaldo’s name and number on it, and hopefully he’ll put it on and get on the plane back with me,” Nesbitt said.
“I’m a football fan and I think what it should be, during difficult times for that organisation, is a reminder of the purity of football – why grown-up men get paid an awful lot of money to play football and why they still play with the same passion they played with when they were boys kicking it around in a park.
“I was one of those boys kicking it around in a park, so hopefully I can bring some of that enthusiasm and simplicity of what we love about football to it, and maybe try and remind everyone involved about the purity of the game.
“Whatever has happened inside football, I’m still a football fan – my three big loves outside of my family are Northern Ireland, Manchester United and Coleraine, and I still follow them with the same passion as when I was a child.”
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