Later this year, France Football will award the Ballon d'Or 2025, which could well be won by an FC Barcelona player.
Pedri and Raphinha are in the running, but in the general opinion, Lamine Yamal is one of the two main candidates, alongside his former teammate Ousmane Dembélé.
Yamal Golden Ball?
Lamine Yamal is one of the four FC Barcelona players nominated for this prize (alongside Pedri, Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski). In the general opinion, he represents the best chance for the club to win his first trophy since Lionel Messi in 2021, and a former Catalans player shares this feeling.
According to MD, the former FC Barcelona striker Gérard Deulofeu was complimentary with regard to Lamine Yamal, whom he considers the best world football player in the past 12 months.
“It is not a question of knowing who I want to see winning, but honestly, as a footballer, and by watching many Barcelona matches and European competitions, I am convinced that the best football creator is Lamine Yamal. It may be young, it can be what people want, someone else may have won more titles, but if you watch the games, the biggest football creator is Lamine Yamal-and for me, he was the best this year.
Personally, I really appreciate it. He is a player who has a big margin of progression. I hope he can also start playing more remote positions. But he is a creative player. And for me, creative players motivate me to watch a match. Honestly, I am delighted to see him in Barcelona, where I was also formed. So I am happy to see a player like him capable of helping both the Spanish national team and Barcelona. »»
It will be interesting to see if Lamine Yamal will succeed, even if the feeling is that Dembélé is favorite – for the moment.
