Overview

• France Football director Vincent Garcia said Ousmane Dembélé won by a wide margin across continents, calling it an authoritative result.
• Dembélé’s season featured 35 goals in 53 games and a Champions League‑Ligue 1‑Coupe de France treble for PSG, which voters widely rewarded.
• Lamine Yamal publicly congratulated Dembélé on stage and later posted a measured message about working toward future awards.
• Yamal’s father, Mounir Nasraoui, denounced the outcome as causing “moral damage” and described the result as “very strange,” fueling debate over voting criteria.
• Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé were among high‑profile figures who congratulated Dembélé, while commentators renewed scrutiny of national and regional biases in the ballot.