Ousmane Dembélé Potential Ballon d'Or 2025? The debate has been launched for a few weeks! With 30 goals in all competitions, for a status of top scorer in Ligue 1, the PSG striker, who continues the performances of choice, are among the players who can naturally claim this consecration next October. In the race with Raphinha, Lamine Yamal, Mohamed Salah or his compatriot Kylian Mbappé, the former Barcelona has all the chances on his side to win the award if he continues to rise in power and if PSG manages to win the Champions League.
Because in the absence of a World Cup and Euro, it is the LDC which will be a decisive element to decide the successor of Rodri, Ballon d'Or 2024 in front of Vinicius. In addition to being a teammate in the French team, the “Kyks” and Ousmane Dembélé are longtime friends. In an interview with
Parisianthe Real Madrid player indicates that their relationship does not date from yesterday: ” Me since we were 14 years old, I am his first supporter! »»
Mbappé does not deviate from a surprise
During the interview, Kylian Mbappé did not hesitate to show admiration for his teammate in blue: ” To see him do this, it touches me personally because I know how much he was criticized, oh how mocked he was. (…) I always said, even when he was not scoring, that he was one of the best players in the world. Some believed that I said that because I like it. But I can differentiate between friendship and reality on the ground. Ousmane arrived at maturity at 27, this is normal in football. There are players who are earlier, so some have thought that he was late. »»
But when asked if Ousmane Dembélé is a potential Ballon d'Or, the Real Madrid player gives a fairly enigmatic answer by relying on the example of Rodri. “” What is a golden ball player? Rodri, is he a golden ball player for you? For me, at the base, it was not one, I thought that the Ballon d'Or would return to Vinicius but in the end, it was Rodri who had it. If I told you that three months before, you would have said to me: “But what are you saying?” »» Today, we do not know who leans the Ballon d'Or, except that you should not exclude anyone, that all players can be rewarded, maybe even a goalkeeper … “replied Mbappé. Thibaut Courtois? Gianluigi Donnarumma? Emiliano Martinez?
