A little over a month before the Ballon d’Or ceremony, on October 26 in London, the race to succeed Ousmane Dembélé still appears undecided. Building on his role in PSG’s new title in the Champions League, the Parisian number 10 is once again among the main favorites.
However, the former Barcelona player refuses to put himself on the podium. “If it’s me who speaks, I don’t get involved, I don’t vote for myself”he recently confided, preferring to highlight his teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, convinced that the distinction must go to a Parisian player.
Relaunched in this race for the Ballon d’Or after the minimalist victory won by PSG on the pitch at Stade Brestois (0-1), Ousmane Dembélé once again appeared particularly detached and showed great humility.
“I was never the chosen one but I worked”
“ I was always at the back of the class working hardhe said, laconicly. In my entire career, I haven’t said a word, I’ve worked a lot. As I said, I was never the chosen one but I worked and last year, I was rewarded with a fantastic year with Paris-SG, and then, this year, we will see, without pressure, calm. »
It is nevertheless difficult not to see in these comments a response to the exit of his friend Kylian Mbappé in the columns of France Football. Asked about his partner in the French team, the Madrilenian replied: “But he was always seen as a talented player. I have always been seen as the chosen one. »
A few days earlier, the former Monegasque had already clearly campaigned for his person. “When we play for Real Madrid, the best club in the world, we are inevitably associated with these kinds of individual awards. When people pass me in the street, they talk about me as a potential Ballon d’Or. It’s true that I made history this summer in the most prestigious competition in world sport, so I have the feeling that this may be the right year to win it,” he explained on the eve of the clash against Inter Milan in the Champions League.
