( CNN ) -- The president of world soccer 's governing body is used to being admonished . But it is n't often the manager of arguably the biggest club on the planet is tearing a strip off Sepp Blatter . Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti felt moved to tell Blatter to button it after the Swiss insisted Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer should be crowned footballer of the year . That affronted Ancelotti , who thinks his star player -- Cristiano Ronaldo -- is a shoo-in for a second successive Ballon d'Or award . The Portuguese fired a record 17 goals in the European Champions League last season as Real won its 10th crown and Ancelotti is in no doubt the award should be his . `` It has surprised me what the FIFA president has said and it appears he is unable to keep his mouth shut , '' Ancelotti told a press conference on Tuesday . `` The Ballon d'Or is something that gets talked about months before yet this year there are not that many things to think about . `` Last year Cristiano had other players like Lionel Messi and Franck Ribery contesting it but this year , with the titles he has won and the goals he has scored , there 's no doubt he is going to win it . `` Therefore , Blatter 's words do n't make any sense . '' On a visit to 2018 World Cup host Russia , Blatter suggested Neuer should be handed the gong after a string of exceptional performances for Germany on its way to a World Cup triumph in Brazil . FIFA 's president had also suggested the Bayern Munich stopper should have been handed the Golden Ball award -- given to the World Cup 's best player -- rather than Barcelona striker Lionel Messi . Messi , a four-time winner of the Ballon d'Or is again on the list , with other luminaries , but , perhaps surprisingly , not Barcelona 's newest striker , Luis Suarez . Suarez scored 31 goals for English Premier League club Liverpool last season as it came agonizingly close to a first top flight title since 1990 . The Uruguayan also starred for his country at the 2014 World Cup , before he was banned from all football for four months for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini . The award is voted for by coaches and captains of national teams and journalists across the world selected by France Football Magazine , and will be awarded in Zurich , Switzerland , on January 12 . Ancelotti , who also claimed the Spanish Cup in his first season at the helm in Madrid , has been nominated for the Best Coach prize . And though he joked he might be out of the running to win it after his harsh words for Blatter , Ancelotti did say he was pleased to have been selected . `` I am proud to be in this category and would like to win it , although I have already received the biggest prize when we claimed the Champions League , '' he said . `` If I win another one I 'll have to expand my trophy cabinet . ''
Real Madrid manager says FIFA president Sepp Blatter `` unable to keep mouth shut '' Blatter suggested Germany keeper Manuel Neuer should win the Ballon d'Or . The German has been in charge of Bayern Munich since 2008 and is widely regarded as one of Europe's best keepers - but he was left out of Germany's World Cup squad for Brazil after a poor showing at Ronaldo broke scoring records as Real won 10th Champions League crown .