Ousmane Dembélé or Lamine Yamal, who to succeed Rodri? Speculations around the identity of the winner of the Ballon d'Or 2025 follow one another as the September 22 approach, the date of the trophy.
Now Consultant at Canal+, Samir Nasri has not escaped this question. During the preview of the “Rebelle” series dedicated to him, the former Olympique player in Marseille responded to the microphone of content creator Jo Ferdinand. For the former French international, no doubt, Ousmane Dembélé must win the Ballon d'Or 2025.
“” For the winner of this prestigious trophy, I designate Ousmane Dembélé. For his extraordinary season already. But also for its decisive character during this exercise 2024-2025. And because I'm French, I'm not going to put someone else in the place of a Frenchman when a Frenchman can win it “He said.
Lamine Yamal greeted
The other favorite in the Ballon d'Or is none other than Lamine Yamal. Just 18 years old, the Barcelona player splashes by his talent. For Samir Nasri, Spanish should logically finish in second place: ” In second position, I put Lamine Yamal, for his extraordinary season, which he realizes at his agethe maturity he also displays, despite the criticism of his birthday party. I will continue to follow him carefully, especially since now, he carries the number 10, and we know that it weighs a ton and a half when you wear the tunic of a very large club like Barça. But I have no worries, because it responds very often present… ”
If the former Mancunian manages to decide between the first two, the task is more complicated for the third. Nasri believes that Vitinha and Achraf Hakimi both deserve this third place. “” I also think that it is deserved to honor a player (Achraf Hakimi) which is supposed to “do not shine”. He had good stats, he is double-double over the season, Bravo. He deserves it. Regarding Vitinha, I find that his replacement in sentry by Luis Enrique allowed him to develop his game. He has such technical quality to relaunch, give the tempo to his team. This is very important for training like PSG, which tries to excessively dominate its opponents, to have a guy who sets foot on the ball. I insist it is primordial “, He said. Verdict, in less than three weeks.
