Duel at the top between Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembélé
Yesterday, France Football unveiled the list of 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or 2025. As explained in yesterday's news, PSG broke a record by placing 9 players in this famous list, the previous record belonging to Real with 8 players. Like the cupboard The team This Friday morning, we head straight for a duel between PSG and Barça. The two best teams of last season could not compete in the Champions League. It will therefore be at the 100 jurors of the Ballon d'Or to decide between the 9 Parisian European champions against the 4 Blaugranas. The large duel will oppose the Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembélé favorites, as relays Sporteven if we will have to be wary of outsiders in the two clubs like Raphinha, Hakimi or Vitinha. In both camps, the favorite is clear: on the Barça side, unsurprisingly, it's Lamine Yamal. On the Paris side, the pro-Dembélé campaign was launched, which created a lot of eddies in the Parisian locker room, as explained by the French press. Nasser al-Khelaïfi even said: ” If Ousmane Dembélé does not win, there is a problem », In the midst of club World Cup. A sentence that caused some jealousies to other candidates or suitors for this list of 30. Within the management, some expressed their annoyance in the face of the promotion of Dembélé, judged at the expense of other players.
Barça fareweed to Iñigo Martinez
Direction Spain with the surprise departure of Iñigo Martinez who goes from Barça as the pod Sport in its edition of the day. The defender leaves Catalonia after two seasons and will release a salary of € 14M which will allow the registration of new players. “” Farewell Inigo », Sadly loose Mundo Deportivo on its front page. On its site, the Spanish media evokes the departure of a Brassard -free captain. Speaking of that precisely, Ter Stegen was removed his captain's armband as the newspaper relays AS. Very annoyed not to see him leave, then to communicate himself the duration of his injury and to prevent the registration of new recruits and extensions of contract, the direction Blaugrana decided to punish his German goalkeeper spectacularly.
Chelsea wants to sell to finance Garnacho's arrival
Chelsea contacted Alejandro Garnacho. The Manchester United winger is pushed towards the exit. The Mancunian club estimated its player at no less than € 57 million to finance this transfer, Chelsea counts on the sale of Nicolas Jackson. As explained by Daily ExpressNewcastle designated him as a priority target after failure in the Sesko file. Chelsea claims a little less than 100m for his scorer. In the event of Nicolas Jackson's signature among the Magpies, the transfer of Alexander Isak to Liverpool could be unlocked. A real set of musical chairs.