Clubs, including Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus, are breaking away from established competition to start what they are calling the European Super League.
It's hard to quibble with the decision, 66 goals with clubs and countries in 2013 was an incredible achievement by the Real Madrid star who is joined on stage athe award ceremony by his young son.
An investigation into the chaos at last year's Champions League football final between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Paris has largely blamed UEFA for failures it said almost led to disaster.
In other sport's news, Real Madrid have crowned the FIFA Club World Cup champions in the Moroccan city of Rabat after beating Saudi Arabian side Al Hilal 5-3.
The Spanish club Real Madrid is reported to have paid a transfer fee over $132m for the Tottenham Hotspur winger on a six-year contract. Richard Conway reports.
In Spain itself, which has the West's highest jobless rate (21%), the number of people without work matches the combined population of Madrid and Barcelona.
Collective bargaining will replace the existing structure whereby clubs negotiate their own TV contracts, which favours more popular teams, like Real Madrid and Barcelona.