Paris, France – E be like sey dem don announce the Ballon d’Or winners for 2025, and guess who don shine again? Ousmane Dembele! Yes, the Frenchman wey dey play for PSG now don win am, carry the award come meet all of us for Paris.
Ousmane, wey don dey play like say him gree enter another level, score eight goals in just 15 matches last season as PSG collect treble. Na wah! Dembele don finally show say him fit deliver after plenty people dey wonder if him go ever fulfill him potential. E don dey 28 years, and na him time to shine.
For the voting results, Dembele carry 1380 ranking points, wey be 321 points more than Lamine Yamal, di young star wey just blow under Barcelona. Yamal sef don dey make waves, and e come come second place with 1059 points. Mo Salah, di Liverpool king, come land for third with 703 points, but e no fit reach Dembele level dis time.
(Truth be told, Salah dey feel the heat after Liverpool fall out early for Champions League last season. E fit be say na dat one spoil him chances small.)
As dem announce di results, everybody dey wonder how this win go change Dembele’s game. We sabi sey dem get big pressure for PSG to perform, but this award fit ginger am make am wow us more this season.
Other players wey dem rank highly include Raphinha, wey come land for fifth with 620 points, and Achraf Hakimi, wey no carry last as him shine for sixth with 484 points. Mbappe dey follow behind, wey no surprise sabi sey he fit blow the tracks anytime.
As we dey enter di new football season, e go dey interesting to see how all these players go perform, especially with 2026 World Cup dey come. Mbappe don already show him ambition with seven goals for La Liga dis season, while Kane dey run the Bundesliga amok with 10 goals in five matches. Na serious competition wey dey ground now!
As dem say, di race don open well well, and e go dey plenty twists and turns before con reach di finish line for dis season. Na only we go keep our fingers crossed to see who go carry next Ballon d’Or as prize. E fit still dey too early, but make we no deny say Dembele don enter di history books again.
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