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Originally Posted by dpak3000
Traditionally, the world's best player usually comes from the team that wins the CL and in this year's case, the Euro 2008. Although Ronaldo has been unstoppable, I feel that United must win the CL for Ronaldo to be the named the best player (but its all good cuz United is gonna win anyway). He's gonna tear shit up in the Euros too.
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(Year / CL winner / FIFA WPOY)
2007 / AC Milan / Kaka (AC Milan)
2006 / Barcelona / Cannavaro (Juventus)
2005 / Liverpool / Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2004 / Porto / Ronaldinho (Barcelona)
2003 / AC Milan / Zidane (R Madrid)
2002 / Real Madrid / Ronaldo (R Madrid)
2001 / Bayern / Figo (R Madrid)
2000 / R Madrid / Zidane (Juventus)
1999 / Man Urd / Rivaldo (Barcelona)
1998 / R Madrid / Zidane (Juventus)
I found that statement interesting so I looked into the most recent history of winners to determine if that statement holds true. Most recent history would indicate that to be false however considering this was only true on 2 occasions during the last 10 years. Going off this information I dotn see Utd winning the CL as a necessary prerequisite to Ronaldo winning WPOY.