It is on Tuesday that the 30 nominees for the 2026 Ballon d’Or will be announced. Logically, we should find a significant number of PSG players, after the new triumph of Luis Enrique’s men in the Champions League. Even in a World Cup year, the most beautiful club competition on the planet remains a benchmark.
This is what Dietmar Hamann confirms, in an interview with Die Welt before the resumption of the C1. “If Paris Saint-Germain, defending champion in the Champions League, faced Spain, world champion, I would bet on PSG,” confides the former midfielder. The team indeed has even more high-level players. Therefore, from a footballing point of view, I consider the Champions League to be superior to the World Cup. »
The former Liverpool player, winner of the Champions League in 2004-2005, is very complimentary towards PSG. While the German media suggests a quintet of favorites with Bayern, Arsenal, Barça and Real Madrid, Hamann places the French champions “a notch above” of others.
Kvaratskhelia left her mark
“With Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, PSG currently has arguably the best player in the world, argues Dietmar Hamann. Add to that Ousmane Dembélé in attack, voted best player in the world last year. Paris is a world-class team in all positions, and Marquinhos, their captain, leads it admirably. PSG are once again the team to beat this season in the Champions League. »
Seeing Kvaratskhelia cited in this way by a former great player who became a consultant, a good connoisseur of European football, is an indicator regarding the Ballon d’Or. The Georgian is necessarily disadvantaged by the absence of his country at the World Cup, which prevented him from shining on the biggest international stage. But obviously, the former Neapolitan was able to make an impression in the Champions League.
