Cristiano Ronaldo would go down as one of the best players to have played the game, no matter what his critics say.

Ronaldo has been a top player for nearly two decades, and has won everything in his career, bar the World Cup.

Lionel Messi on other hand, who is his biggest rival ended up winning the World Cup with Argentina.

Ronaldo and Portugal bowed out in the quarter-final, with Ronaldo in tears after that game.

Ronaldo is currently without a club, and Ancelotti was asked to speak about the 37-year-old.

“Cristiano will forever remain in the hearts of Real Madrid fans. I don’t know what he’ll do in his future,” Carlo Ancelotti was quoted by Diario AS.

“The Ronaldo and Messi rivalry motivated both of them and kept the competition high.

“Messi ended with a World Cup and Ronaldo didn’t, but he had an extraordinary career, especially with Real Madrid.”