Dembele is still the brightest candidate for the 2025 Ballon d'Or award - Photo: REUTERS
Experts and bookmakers are still leaning towards the possibility that striker Ousmane Dembele (PSG) will win the 2025 Golden Ball. Dembele has been leading the list of candidates for the 2025 Golden Ball since before the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.
Although Dembele did not play very well in the tournament that just ended due to the impact of injury. But fortunately for the French player, most of his opponents did not participate in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, and the rest also played poorly.
Therefore, Dembele still ensures his position as the leading candidate for the Ballon d'Or award. However, the impact of the performance of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup makes Dembele's Ballon d'Or award less convincing.
After the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Cole Palmer (Chelsea) unexpectedly emerged as a candidate for the Golden Ball. Before shining brightly to help Chelsea win the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, Palmer was the core of the Blues squad that won the UEFA Conference League.
However, bookmakers only rank Palmer seventh among the top 10 candidates. Experts also believe that Palmer's impressive performance at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is not enough for Palmer to create a comeback.
In the group of top candidates, players in the PSG squad such as Vitinha, Achraf Hakimi, Fabian Ruiz - these are players with stable performance at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Their performance in this tournament helped them maintain their position as the top candidate for the Golden Ball award from before.
Lamnie Yamal is a rare name not from PSG appearing on the list of candidates for the Golden Ball. However, experts believe that Yamal is not yet ready to win the Golden Ball. Mohamed Salah is also mentioned among the candidates but the possibility of him winning the Golden Ball is quite low because of his poor performance at the end of last season.
List of Golden Ball candidates according to bookmakers: 1/ Ousmane Dembele. 2/ Lamine Yamal. 3/ Ferreira Vitinha. 4/ Achraf Hakimi. 5/ Fabian Ruiz.
List of Golden Ball candidates according to experts: 1/ Ousmane Dembele. 2/ Lamine Yamal. 3/ Ferreira Vitinha. 4/ Mohamed Salah. 5/ Achraf Hakim.
Source: https://tuoitre.vn/dien-bien-cuoc-dua-qua-bong-vang-sau-fifa-club-world-cup-2025-20250717060144568.htm
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