It's over for Didier Drogba. At the presentation of the Ballon d'Or ceremony since 2019, alongside Sandy Heribert, the former Marseillais will not be present at the Châtelet Theater, on September 22, to put the most prestigious of individual awards in football.
Indeed, the duo of presenters was replaced for this 2025 edition. It is the Dutch legend Ruud Gullit and the famous British journalist Kate Scott who take up the reins of the ceremony, informs the daily newspaper The team.
Kate Scott animates the Champions League evenings for the American channel CBS Sports, alongside Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Micah Richards. The 44 -year -old journalist, who has the distinction of being polyglot and speaking French in particular, had already presented the Golden Ball ceremony in 2015.
Gullit votes for Yamal… bad news in sight for Dembélé?
For his part, Ruud Gullit, winner of the 1987 Ballon d'Or, recently made him talk about him by taking the side of Lamine Yamal in the race for the prestigious trophy.
“” Although normally the Ballon d'Or is awarded to one of the players who won the Champions League final, this time, it could be different. It is not only winning, because what we saw of Lamine was incredible: he has a little more “Said the Batavian.
Does the appointment of Gullit predict a victory for the Barcelona nugget? Speculations are righteous. Ousmane Dembélé, the other big favorite, has also received weight support in recent months. Response in thirteen days.
