France Football announced its nominees for the Ballon d'Or 2025 earlier this month, and Barcelona is one of the favorites.
The year 2024 saw a first Spaniard winning this award since 1960: midfielder Rodri Hernandez succeeds Luis Suarez Miramontes 64 years later.
France Football announced its nominees for the Ballon d'Or 2025
The Barcelona contingent for the price is made up of Pedri, Lamine Yamal (also nominated for the Kopa trophy), Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski.
Lamine Yamal represents the best Barcelona hope, while Raphinha is a slight drop in popularity. The race seems to be playing between the 18 -year -old and the former Barcelona star Ousmane Dembélé, now in great shape at PSG.
The 2024/25 season saw Hansi Flick win a hat -trick from his first season at the head of the team, winning the title of Liga, the King's Cup and the Spanish Super Cup.
However, they failed in the UEFA Champions League, losing in the semi-finals, while PSG won the trophy for the first time in its history.
At the end of the national season, outside the World Cup of FIFA clubs, in which Barcelona did not participate, Lamine Yamal scored 18 goals and delivered 21 assists, while the French international Dembélé totaled 33 goals and 13 assists.
Lamine Yamal has scored 18 goals and delivered 21 assists,
Koundé is well placed to give his opinion on the winner, as a teammate in the Lamine Yamal club and International Dembélé teammate.
“You put me in a delicate situation, because Dembélé is also in the running”he told Le10Sport.
But I would say that I think Lamine Yamal merit him. I have a very good relationship with him. He's a team player, he works a lot for the team. He needs energy to attack, and I understand it perfectly ”.
Lamine Yamal also started the 2025/26 season in style with a spectacular goal during the 3-0 victory in Barcelona against Majorca at the opening of the season.
