#5 – Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo was involved in 2 pre-season matches for Juventus in July and he managed to score in both. The Portuguese star has seen this help his ranking as he has moved from 6th to 5th this month.
Ronaldo will be leading the charge once again for Juventus this season and under Maurizio Sarri, he might be getting a lot more freedom. The manager has openly admitted that the 10 players on the pitch will have to do as he says while the former Real Madrid ace is up there to finish things.
It's not a difficult task still for Ronaldo to win the Ballon d'Or this year but he will have to do something magical soon. The ones ahead of him have been on another level this season but then again, Ronaldo is used to challenges and is bound to step up for Juventus when needed.