Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé, Pedri, Lautaro Martinez, Achraf Hakimi, Gianluigi Donnarumma… and especially Ousmane Dembélé. In recent weeks, the list of contenders for the next Ballon d'Or has continued to speak. While the 2024-2025 season will end with a club World Cup, organized in the United States and offering the leisure to the Madrid to push the candidacy of their number 9, the debate continues to be in full swing. Who will succeed Rodri at the most prestigious individual trophy on the football planet? On Saturday evening, one of them, however,, perhaps, ended the discussions.
Dembélé sent a big message to Lamine Yamal and others!
Aligned at the forefront of the Parisian attack – even if he has moved a lot with Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia – Ousmane Dembélé has, in fact, scored new points in this frantic race for the golden ball. So yes, the number 10 Parisian did not find the net path on the side of the Allianz Arena but there is no doubt that everyone will get along on the considerable contribution of the French international (53 selections, 6 goals) during this historic evening where PSG finally struggled (5-0) Inter Milan. Involved out of three of the five goals, the native of Vernon has particularly shone.
In the 20th minute, on the second goal of his family, it was he who unlocked the situation by serving perfectly desired gifted, whose strike deflected by Federico Dimarco was cheating Yann Sommer. Author of a new offering for Kvaratskhelia on the return from the locker room (73rd), the former Barcelona also said he was, a few minutes earlier, clearing cleverly for Vitinha, the last passer on the third Parisian goal signed Désiré Doué. What to forget his few failures in the face of the integral goal (11th, 44th, 52nd) and above all make an impression in this quest for the Ballon d'Or.
An XXL season at all levels …
“I would give the Ballon d'Or to Ousmane Dembélé for the way he defended in this final. This is called a team. I sincerely believe that it deserves the Ballon d'Or, without a doubt, not only for the titles won or the goals marked but for its way of pressing. He did it all the season but exceptionally in this final ”also said Luis Enrique, present at a press conference and completely seduced by the contribution of his protégé. An exit that is difficult to dispute with regard to the exceptional statistics of the former Rennais during this 2024-2025 season.
Decisive 46 times (33 goals, 13 assists) in 49 matches in all competitions, including 14 times (8+6) in the Champions League in 15 outings, Ousmane Dembélé has continued to impress all his world, especially since his replacement as a false number 9. Best Ligue 1 player, author of a resounding triple with PSG and considered one of the main leaders Parisian, the 28 -year -old tricolor ultimately postulates more than ever at the Ballon d'Or 2025 and sent a hell of a message to the competition after this Munich evening. As a reminder, each journalist (100 for the male golden ball) will have to elect a top 10 according to three hierarchical criteria. On the one hand, individual performance and decisive and impressive character. On the other hand, the collective aspect and the trophies won and finally, class and fair play.
