Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti is backing club president Florentino Perez's demand that Fifa chief Sepp Blatter should retract his comments about Cristiano Ronaldo. Blatter compared Ronaldo with Lionel Messi, saying "one has more expenses for the hairdresser than the other". "I'm completely in agreement with president Florentino Perez's," said Ancelotti.
"He's sent a letter to Fifa asking to retract what I consider to be a lack of respect to a very professional player." Ancelotti said he had not spoken to Ronaldo about Blatter's comments but confirmed the Portuguese star "trained very well today, as always".
"He's shown every day that he's a great player, serious and professional, respectful to everyone and he has to continue like that," added the Italian manager.
Blatter made his comments during a question and answer session on Friday at the Oxford Union.
Ronaldo and Messi are both on the 23-man shortlist for Fifa's Ballon d'Or award, with the winner to be unveiled on 13 January in Zurich.
Messi has won the award for the past four years, with Ronaldo finishing runner-up to the Argentine the last two times.
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