The 2024-2025 exercise carried out by Ousmane Dembélé is simply exceptional. And it could be even more at the end of the month, if Paris Saint-Germain won the French Cup next Saturday at the Stade de France and the Champions League on May 31, in Munich.
Author of 25 goals since the start of the calendar year, the international tricolor is among the serious contenders for obtaining the Ballon d'Or 2025. “Is he now the favorite for the next Ballon d'Or?” “, Asked SO Foot his readers in a survey published last Monday. As surprising as it may seem, 63% of Internet users answered this question in the negative.
The former FC Barcelona player has no shortage of competitors.
“Pedri, Yamal, Lautaro, Salah are more balloon than Dembélé. Playing in a second zone championship, it still plays ”testifies for example a survey responding to the pseudonym of Bocks.
Ousmane Dembélé Favorite for the Ballon d'Or according to bookmakers
However, the bookmakers made Ousmane Dembélé the big favorite to win the prestigious individual reward. The latter's rating varies between one and two against one depending on the different sports betting platforms.
As a reminder, three criteria are retained by the organizers for the trophy awarded to the best footballer of the year. It is the individual performance, the charts and the fair play as well as the positive attitude of the player. One hundred journalists from a hundred different countries, representing the first hundred countries in the FIFA classification, participate in the vote.
