Kylian Mbappé Golden Ball? Leaving PSG for Real Madrid last summer, Bondy's crack had two dreams of feeding: finally winning the Champions League and lifting the famous golden sphere a few months later. Ironically, it was her former Parisian teammates who had the last word in C1 this season. And the supreme individual reward so coveted, thus, could also escape it.
According to English bookmakers, the favorite in the Golden Ball 2025 race is none other than Ooumane Dembélé, ahead of Barcelona Lamine Yamal. The duel seems to be taking shape indeed between the two players and yet, on the side of Clairefontaine, we want to believe that the debates remain undecided and potentially profitable to the captain of the French team, who still finished top European scorer of the season.
This Monday in front of the press, Rayan Cherki recalled: ”
The season is not over. The two best players in the world of the world are complicated to decide between them. I am here to serve them and put them in the best dispositions on the ground. In other words, if duel there were to be for the conquest of the prestigious trophy, the Lyon Follet-Follet would rather see it between Dembélé and Mbappé.
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“” There are two very great French people who can have it today, one who plays Real, the other at PSG. I would vote for both “, Exclaims Manu Koné, not without forgetting a certain Yamal. “” Lamine is a very good player. He is very young, he does very good things, in Champions League or in selection. But for the Ballon d'Or, I am French, so I campaign for my teammates. »»
Two days earlier, Pierre Kalulu had held the same speech roughly. “” It's complicated because there are still deadlines. But there are candidates in the French team, whether Mbappé, Dembélé … They have strong competition. In the past, I was not bad on the Ballon d'Or, so I prefer not to say it otherwise he will not have it … Clément Lenglet had opened the debate more by spontaneously quoting Ousmane Dembélé, Pedri, Lamine Yamal and his teammate at Atlético Julian Alvarez.
In an interview with the Gazzetta dello Sport, Didier Deschamps, the coach of the Blues, obviously wants to be neutral and cautious about the issue. “” Winning the Champions League is good, but afterwards, journalists vote and the season is not over … For me, today, it would be difficult to establish a trio of candidates. He was Mbappé, top scorer in the liga and golden shoe when he just changed his team. Or Lamine Yamal who, I think, did pretty well … and why not Lewandowski or Raphinha? »»
