Gianluigi Buffon said Cristiano Ronaldo is free to decide what he wants to do in his life after the Juventus superstar did not attend the Ballon d'Or ceremony.
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo was nowhere to be seen as former Real Madrid team-mate Luka Modric received the coveted individual award in Paris on Monday.
Ronaldo, who had split the last 10 Ballon d'Or honours with Barcelona's Lionel Messi, finished second behind Modric.
Antoine Griezmann came third in the voting while the Atletico Madrid's star's France team-mate Kylian Mbappe finished fourth.
Messi, meanwhile, fell all the way to fifth place despite winning La Liga and the Copa del Rey with Barcelona.