Overview

• Speaking to RMC Sport, PSG sporting director Luis Campos said voters would "not have the competence" if Ousmane Dembélé fails to win.
• Dembélé logged 35 goals and 16 assists in PSG’s 2024–25 treble, earned best player honors in both the Champions League and Ligue 1, and finished as Ligue 1 top scorer.
• Campos argued the prize should reflect a single season’s achievements, contrasting Dembélé’s haul with Lamine Yamal’s status as an exceptional prospect.
• Yamal is widely viewed as Dembélé’s main rival after 18 goals and 25 assists in Barcelona’s La Liga, Copa del Rey and Supercopa campaign.
• The Ballon d’Or winners will be announced on Sept. 22 at Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet, and reports indicate voting had already closed as PSG highlighted its nine nominees, including Achraf Hakimi and Vitinha.