Top man: Ronaldo
The Inter Milan coach scored a double public relations own goal by criticising a fellow countryman and snubbing any Italian players for the award.
Portugal international Ronaldo helped United to win the Premier League and Champions League in May but Mourinho said: 'I have no praise for Ronaldo.
'I would have preferred one of my own foreign players to have won the Ballon d'Or.'
Inter are six points ahead of second place Juventus in Serie A but Mourinho would not say which of his overseas players he felt deserved the award more than Ronaldo.
2008 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) Manchester United
2007 Kaka (Brazil) AC Milan
2006 Fabio Cannavaro (Italy) Juventus/Real Madrid
2005 Ronaldinho (Brazil) Barcelona
2004 Andriy Shevchenko (Ukraine) AC Milan
Ronaldo is the sixth Ballon d’Or winner to represent an English club. Others:
2001, Michael Owen (Liverpool)
1968, George Best (Man Utd)
1966, Bobby Charlton (Man Utd)
1964, Denis Law (Man Utd)
1956, Stanley Matthews (Blackpool)
Kevin Keegan (Hamburg 1978 & 79) is the only Englishman to win the title with a club outside England.
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