Is Ousmane Dembele Favorite to Win 2025 Ballon D’Or? Check French Forward’s Odds Over Lamine Yamal, Raphinha, Mo Salah After Winning UEFA Champions League 2024-25 Title
Ousmane Demebele’s career has witnessed a colossal renaissance from his days at Barcelona since Spanish manager Luis Enrique took charge of Paris Saint-Germain, but the 2024-25 season has turned into a record-breaking season for the Vernon-born forward, firmly placing him as one of the favourites for this year’s Ballon d’Or.
El 5-0 Champions League success over Inter Milan has ensured PSG, for the first time in its history, finishes the Season with a quadruple of trophies, which includes: Ligue 1, the French Cup, and the Champions League, in addition to securing the French Super Cup. In the entirety of the season, Ousmane Dembélé was the major protagonist for PSG, producing 33 goals and 15 assists in 49 matches.
Ousmane Dembele With Top Performance in Champions League Final
While fans while left in awe of Desire Doue’s performance and 2 goals against Inter Milan, Ousmane Dembele was equally important, providing 2 assists for the 19-year-old Doue and Kvaratskhelia.
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His performance underlined his importance to the team and prompted Luis Enrique to pick him as the favourite for the Ballon d’Or:
“I’d give the Ballon d’Or to Mr Ousmane Dembele. The way he defended tonight… only that can be worth the Ballon d’Or. This is how you lead a team. Goals, titles, leadership, defending, how he was pressing. Ousmane is my Ballon d’Or. No doubts at all.”
Top Contenders for the 2025 Ballon d’Or
According to the organizers of the Ballon d’Or, winners of football most prestigious individual award, the football player is graded on their individual performance and decisiveness, collective success and titles, as well as their sportsmanship.
Barcelona’s treble triumph had placed Teenage sensation Lamine Yamal on top of the Ballon d’Or favourites list, but following Ousmane Dembele’s exploits with PSG this season and in the final, he has just gone ahead.
The main contenders for this year’s Golden Ball are – Ousmane Dembele, with +100 odds to win, Lamine Yamal, who has helped Barcelona lift a treble this season, drops to second with +150 odds, Raphinha, who scored 18 goals and 9 assists in La Liga, while his 13 goals and 8 assists could still prove Pivotal in the Champions League, has +900 odds.
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Mohamed Salah, whose 29 Premier League goals led Liverpool to a record-equalling 20th Premier League title +900 odds. According to OddsChecker Matt Mackay and Squawka, Ousmane Dembele moved ahead of Lamine Yamal at this moment following PSG’s Champions League win and Dembele’s 2 assists.
The award will be presented at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France, on September 22, 2025, and it is safe to conclude at the conclusion the battle for the top prize rests between Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal.
Both players will face each other in the UEFA Nations League semi-final as France clash with Spain on June 5th, The Club World Cup provides another opportunity for the voters to make up their mind as this year’s Ballon d’Or, as usual, promises to be intriguing.
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