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Bookmakers are running scared of Cristiano Ronaldo and have made him a very short price odds-on favourite to win his record equalling fifth Ballon d’Or.<\/p>\n

The 30-man shortlist has been confirmed for the biggest personal honour in world football – which features seven Premier League players, but just one Brit in the shape of Harry Kane.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo is now understood to be in line to win the award for a fifth time, equalling the five occasions rival Lionel Messi has taken home the Golden Ball.<\/p>\n

“This is one of those markets that Bookmakers do not want you on the favourite, hence the best price 1\/33 for Ronaldo – they think this is a done deal,” revealed OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n

“The Bookmakers do not want to get caught here, they want Punters to be taking a chance, hence the 14\/1 for second favourite Lionel Messi, 33\/1 on Neymar or even the 50s you can get on Harry Kane.<\/p>\n

“There not many certainties in life, and definitely not in sport – but if there is such a thing, this appears to be one of them.”<\/p>\n

Ballon d’Or odds:<\/strong>
\nCristiano Ronaldo 1\/33
\nLionel Messi 14\/1
\nNeymar 33\/1
\nHarry Kane 50\/1<\/p>\n

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Bookmakers are running scared of Cristiano Ronaldo and have made him a very short price odds-on favourite to win his record equalling fifth Ballon d’Or. The 30-man shortlist has been confirmed for the biggest personal honour in world football – which features seven Premier League players, but just one Brit in the shape of Harry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[841,74,1640],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-news-events","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nCristiano Ronaldo: Ballon d'Or Odds-On Favourite<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bookmakers fear Ronaldo's dominance in the Ballon d'Or market. 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