2025 Ballon d’Or Prediction thread

[Fiatless]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

Real Madrid is the biggest club in the world, no argument. The club had every reason to boycott the awards last season after Vinícius Júnior was tipped to win the award over Vinícius Júnior. It was clear that the Brazilian was the favourite but it was rigged to favour the Manchester City star.

But I am in support of them boycotting the award this season because they have nothing to protest against. The best players last season were from PSG and they deserve the award. If every club begins to avoid the award, the Ballon d'Or might begin to lose relevance.
 

[RealNoblee]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

Real Madrid is the biggest club in the world, no argument. The club had every reason to boycott the awards last season after Vinícius Júnior was tipped to win the award over Vinícius Júnior. It was clear that the Brazilian was the favourite but it was rigged to favour the Manchester City star.

But I am in support of them boycotting the award this season because they have nothing to protest against. The best players last season were from PSG and they deserve the award. If every club begins to avoid the award, the Ballon d'Or might begin to lose relevance.
 

This is so obvious that Real Madrid’s decision to boycott the Ballon d’Or started from a combination of recent grievances and a long-standing rivalry with rival clubs, especially FC Barcelona. This move was not made lightly; it was influenced by a series of perceived injustices that the club feels have corrupted the integrity of the award.

Real Madrid has long been a boss in the world of football, both in terms of its history and its financial strength. The club’s management believes that political machinations within football’s governing bodies have led to a biased voting process. They argue that the Ballon d’Or has increasingly favored players from certain clubs, especially clubs with strong media voices or who football federation decides to favor.

[Zackz5000]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

Real Madrid is the biggest club in the world, no argument. The club had every reason to boycott the awards last season after Vinícius Júnior was tipped to win the award over Vinícius Júnior. It was clear that the Brazilian was the favourite but it was rigged to favour the Manchester City star.

But I am in support of them boycotting the award this season because they have nothing to protest against. The best players last season were from PSG and they deserve the award. If every club begins to avoid the award, the Ballon d'Or might begin to lose relevance.
 

It has begin to lose relevance this is not the first time the pretigious award has be rigged there have been good players in the past that was supposed to win the Ballon d'Or award but was some how manipulated, if the FIFA President has interest in you you will have a higher advantage of winning this award, the Ballon d'Or award was supposed to go to Real Madrid but surprised to people Manchester City Rodri was announced as the Ballon d'Or winner.

[Joy_learns_crypto]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

Messi is the most decorated player in individual awards and trophies won but tell a Ronaldo fanatic that Messi is better it will still be up for a debate. Any thing that is up for debate is never fact especially when there are stories that the trophies Real Madrid won is the far past showed that they were highly favored by the referee or just poor officiating.

And also I put it here that if Barcelona does the same thing Real Madrid is doing the Award organizers will still try to resolve the situation so this is not about if Real Madrid is the number club in the world but rather they are a big club having players who will be potential winners of future awards and the award organizers recognizes this.

I might be talking like an ordinary person like you called me but if you don’t want the business side of the game to corrupt the football side you should see what Real Madrid is doing is selfish, not just this also Real Madrid always cry about poor officiating against them but they are a team that has benefited so much from poor officiating.

[PremiumcryptoHub]

My top three is Lamine Yamal, Dembele and Raphina. It's actually very difficult to say but based on talent and their overall display this year I will definitely go with Lamine Yamal although he is 17 years old he has been very instrumental for Barcelona and also very important in big games, he talks but he also backs it up with action.

No doubt Yamal Lamine was amazing for Barcelona last season, and I am not surprised he's among the top three favorite players to win this year's Ballon d'Or Award, but I think Ousmane Dembele deserves to win this year's Ballon d'Or Award more than Yamal Lamine because Ousmane Dembele was crowned the French Ligue 1 player of the season, and he was also the best goal scorer in the French Ligue 1 last season, and he helped PSG to win the treble, which includes the prestigious Champions League trophy.

This player may still have a chance to win the Ballon d'Or, in fact we can see that the Spanish player will be attending the Ballon d'Or ceremony tomorrow with twenty of his close family and friends. In fact the way this player looks makes it seem like he's already been handed the new Ballon d'Or, even though he doesn't know whose face will shine on that stage. My idea if these players can win this special award on Monday they will get recognition for their work through this award announced tomorrow. Perhaps everyone has seen the award lose all credibility before but perhaps at this special awards ceremony to be held tomorrow, September 22nd, this award will be bestowed upon a new deserving person.

Ousmane Dembele had better stats than Yamal Lamine last season, and he should be the one to win this year's Ballon d'Or Award, but I will not be surprised if Yamal Lamine beats Ousmane Dembele in the race for this year's Ballon d'Or Award because, just like you said, the Ballon d'Or Award has lost credibility. The whole world knows that this year's Ballon d'Or Award should be given to Ousmane Dembele to reward him for his amazing performance for PSG last season, and if the Ballon d'Or panelists fail to crown Ousmane Dembele the winner of this year's Ballon d'Or Award, I believe a lot of players will boycott the award next year.

The French player's stats were good last season, But in my opinion, there should be no manipulation because the deserving will always get respect, so Dembele should be considered there. This player was fully equipped so in a larger context he is more entitled to this special honor but we should not forget that this special award is bestowed upon a deserving person by the selection panel. Ousmane Dembele is currently in the spotlight for this award, but Lamine Yamal's high-quality performances will probably not be forgotten, so he too will have to be judged by the same criteria. Of the three factors mentioned here, the Spanish player may be classier because, although he is young, he has more talent than Ousmane Dembele, that means he has already acquired versatile talents.

[BitBakerr1]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

Messi is the most decorated player in individual awards and trophies won but tell a Ronaldo fanatic that Messi is better it will still be up for a debate. Any thing that is up for debate is never fact especially when there are stories that the trophies Real Madrid won is the far past showed that they were highly favored by the referee or just poor officiating.

And also I put it here that if Barcelona does the same thing Real Madrid is doing the Award organizers will still try to resolve the situation so this is not about if Real Madrid is the number club in the world but rather they are a big club having players who will be potential winners of future awards and the award organizers recognizes this.

I might be talking like an ordinary person like you called me but if you don’t want the business side of the game to corrupt the football side you should see what Real Madrid is doing is selfish, not just this also Real Madrid always cry about poor officiating against them but they are a team that has benefited so much from poor officiating.

I usually like and love people that speak with fact you said Real Madrid benefited so much from poor officiating and from what you are saying here right now they won all there champions League title and other titles because the officiating referees and assistant referees decided to favor them, meaning when Real Madrid players commit a crime they won't blow the whistle against them but if it's another club that is playing against them they quickly blow the whistle against them, so my question for you is that since this is know can you please list the matches that this was done so we can also have the same knowledge like you.

[KTChampions]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

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I might be talking like an ordinary person like you called me but if you don’t want the business side of the game to corrupt the football side you should see what Real Madrid is doing is selfish, not just this also Real Madrid always cry about poor officiating against them but they are a team that has benefited so much from poor officiating.

It's a good joke to go from "I'm not a fan" to the burning ass of "Ronaldo-Messi" and "Real Madrid bought everything" theses. Friend, just look at yourself from the outside, okay?  

You write about Real Madrid acting selfishly. You've finally noticed it! I've been writing to you about this for a long time.
But you're unhappy with this, and the business facts are that Real Madrid doesn't care whether you or the awards organizers are happy. Real Madrid simply does its business as it sees fit.
It's immoral, unfair, etc. But the number one club can afford it. You understand? This is business, not charity.

[rdluffy]

Yesterday I saw a news story the Ballon d'Or
The editor-in-chief of France Football magazine, Vincent Garcia said that he is the only one who already knows who this year's winner is

Translating what he said: “I am the only one who knows the winner of the Ballon d'Or. The criteria for winning this award are: individual performances, decisive and impressive performances, titles won, fair play, and behavior on and off the field,” said the editor-in-chief of France Football

The award will be announced today

The news is in Brazilian Portuguese, I couldn't find it in English: https://www.lance.com.br/futebol-internacional/editor-chefe-da-bola-de-ouro-sobre-vencedor-do-premio-sou-o-unico-que-conhece.html

[Marvelockg]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

Real Madrid is the biggest club in the world, no argument. The club had every reason to boycott the awards last season after Vinícius Júnior was tipped to win the award over Vinícius Júnior. It was clear that the Brazilian was the favourite but it was rigged to favour the Manchester City star.

But I am in support of them boycotting the award this season because they have nothing to protest against. The best players last season were from PSG and they deserve the award. If every club begins to avoid the award, the Ballon d'Or might begin to lose relevance.
 

Both the fact that they refused attending the balon d'Or of last season and that of this season are both wrong moves that shows immaturity from them. It's true that they are big club and one that stands as the most decorated club but that does not give them this sense of entitlement that if things does not go in Thier favour that they won't attend in the award.

Football is a game of love that unites the world together. Sometimes, you win, at other times you don't and that's how it works. If every other club starts to boycott the award just because it doesn't favour them, then it will just be a matter of time before everything spoils and most award of this nature looses it credibility and becomes irrelevant.

[Luzin]

Both the fact that they refused attending the balon d'Or of last season and that of this season are both wrong moves that shows immaturity from them. It's true that they are big club and one that stands as the most decorated club but that does not give them this sense of entitlement that if things does not go in Thier favour that they won't attend in the award.

There is always something interesting about who the Ballon d'Or winner is. About the player selection system, about the injustices, and other related issues. Then once the winner is determined, many feel that other players are more deserving. It seems that we become people who do not understand how the system works. I don't really care who ends up winning because it doesn't benefit me. My dissatisfaction might just be temporary, after which my focus returns to my life and family. FIFA has established how the standard works and how it operates; I believe there are both supporters and opponents. We must respect whoever is ultimately chosen.

[TelolettOm]

.......Ousmane Dembele is currently in the spotlight for this award, but Lamine Yamal's high-quality performances will probably not be forgotten, so he too will have to be judged by the same criteria. Of the three factors mentioned here, the Spanish player may be classier because, although he is young, he has more talent than Ousmane Dembele, that means he has already acquired versatile talents.

The fiercest competition is indeed between Ousman and Yamal. Both have their own values ​​and achievements, both individually and as a team, both for club and international (national team).

However, Yamal is equally enthusiastic about this year's Ballon d'Or. He even brought 20 of his family members to the ceremony.

Source: Lamine Yamal took 20 members of his family to the Ballon d’Or ceremony.

[Slow death]

Real Madrid is the most decorated, most influential, most expensive, etc. club in the world. It's literally the number one brand in football. The fact that you're trying to dispute this shows that you're a just fan who's hurt by the reality of the situation.
You talk about some "misunderstandings," "solving things," and so on, but we've already discussed this: Real Madrid simply goes about its business without bothering anyone. The problems arose for those Real Madrid ignores, and that's why they're bending over backwards to solve them. For Real Madrid, this isn't a problem at all.

Real Madrid is the biggest club in the world, no argument. The club had every reason to boycott the awards last season after Vinícius Júnior was tipped to win the award over Vinícius Júnior. It was clear that the Brazilian was the favourite but it was rigged to favour the Manchester City star.

But I am in support of them boycotting the award this season because they have nothing to protest against. The best players last season were from PSG and they deserve the award. If every club begins to avoid the award, the Ballon d'Or might begin to lose relevance.
 

The president of Real Madrid is right not to participate in this awards ceremony. For many years, Real Madrid dominated the European Champions League, but these judges keep giving the top prize to teams they like. I bet they don't use any criteria, they just choose players from clubs they like. I won't be surprised if Yamal wins. But if Mbappe continues to perform well in La Liga, the European Champions League, and for the French national team, I highly doubt these idiotic judges will choose Mbappe. It seems like these judges hate Real Madrid.



https://www.tntsports.co.uk/football/ballon-d-or/2024/ballon-dor-how-many-real-madrid-players-won-di-stefano-cristiano-ronaldo_sto20047804/story.shtml

They probably chose Ronaldo because he is very popular, so if they didn't choose him, people would complain and because they wanted to further increase Ronaldo's rivalry with Messi, now that Ronaldo has left, they are completely ignoring Real Madrid's players, Modric and Benzema were lucky

[Zackz5000]

.......Ousmane Dembele is currently in the spotlight for this award, but Lamine Yamal's high-quality performances will probably not be forgotten, so he too will have to be judged by the same criteria. Of the three factors mentioned here, the Spanish player may be classier because, although he is young, he has more talent than Ousmane Dembele, that means he has already acquired versatile talents.

The fiercest competition is indeed between Ousman and Yamal. Both have their own values ​​and achievements, both individually and as a team, both for club and international (national team).

However, Yamal is equally enthusiastic about this year's Ballon d'Or. He even brought 20 of his family members to the ceremony.

Source: Lamine Yamal took 20 members of his family to the Ballon d’Or ceremony.

Without any form of manipulation Ousmane Dembele of PSG is the right player to win the pretigious Ballon d'Or award, Ousmane Dembele won the UEFA Champions league tittle won the league 1 tittle with PSG Dembele won the treble with PSG last season he was name the French league 1 player of the year, and also the UEFA Champions league player of the season won the league one top goal scorer i think Ousmane Dembele deserve tonight pretigious Ballon d'Or award.

I believe Yamal will win it in the future he is young and talented he has a bright future.

[giorgione]

Both the fact that they refused attending the balon d'Or of last season and that of this season are both wrong moves that shows immaturity from them. It's true that they are big club and one that stands as the most decorated club but that does not give them this sense of entitlement that if things does not go in Thier favour that they won't attend in the award.

There is always something interesting about who the Ballon d'Or winner is. About the player selection system, about the injustices, and other related issues. Then once the winner is determined, many feel that other players are more deserving. It seems that we become people who do not understand how the system works. I don't really care who ends up winning because it doesn't benefit me. My dissatisfaction might just be temporary, after which my focus returns to my life and family. FIFA has established how the standard works and how it operates; I believe there are both supporters and opponents. We must respect whoever is ultimately chosen.

You can't respect certain decisions, how can you say that nothing will happen, surely nothing will change in your life and you're right about that, but you can't say that this is a right thing, I simply won't watch it, after what happened with Messi, I feel obliged to not watch this competition anymore

[Lida93]

But I am in support of them boycotting the award this season because they have nothing to protest against. The best players last season were from PSG and they deserve the award. If every club begins to avoid the award, the Ballon d'Or might begin to lose relevance.

Some have already said the ballon d' Or award ceremony has lost its intrinsic value right from the Christiano Ronaldo - Lionel Messi era where the award was favoured to a particular individual as many times as possible in a row even when they obviously don't deserve it in the season.

It got more controversial with the Vinicius Jnr and  Rodri contention when it felt like Vini deserved it but it was Rodri that was awarded the ballon d'Or. Am convinced they wouldn't make anymore controversy by giving it to anyone rather than Ousmane Dembele of PSG.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

.......Ousmane Dembele is currently in the spotlight for this award, but Lamine Yamal's high-quality performances will probably not be forgotten, so he too will have to be judged by the same criteria. Of the three factors mentioned here, the Spanish player may be classier because, although he is young, he has more talent than Ousmane Dembele, that means he has already acquired versatile talents.

The fiercest competition is indeed between Ousman and Yamal. Both have their own values ​​and achievements, both individually and as a team, both for club and international (national team).

However, Yamal is equally enthusiastic about this year's Ballon d'Or. He even brought 20 of his family members to the ceremony.

Source: Lamine Yamal took 20 members of his family to the Ballon d’Or ceremony.

I still go a long time the two of them that made it up to the list, Dembele is most deserving because If he missed out on this opportunity this very time, he may not qualify the next time for it again and such is fine, while regarding Lamine Yamal, he's such a young and vibrant player who could always made it up the next time if he couldn't get the title this time, am more sure he will still deliver in the future and meet up, because he's strong and agile, full of energy.

[IceLincoln]

The French player's stats were good last season, But in my opinion, there should be no manipulation because the deserving will always get respect, so Dembele should be considered there. This player was fully equipped so in a larger context he is more entitled to this special honor but we should not forget that this special award is bestowed upon a deserving person by the selection panel. Ousmane Dembele is currently in the spotlight for this award, but Lamine Yamal's high-quality performances will probably not be forgotten, so he too will have to be judged by the same criteria. Of the three factors mentioned here, the Spanish player may be classier because, although he is young, he has more talent than Ousmane Dembele, that means he has already acquired versatile talents.

For me no matter what anybody says Raphinha is the best player so far in the year or season, no player has ever topped both the goal scoring chart and the assists chat in a single UCL outing until Raphinha even the GOATs never did in their prime.


By performance he’s the best performing player… he’s got the trophies and the individual accolades to back it up, Oussmane Dembele also had an exceptional season, a Rebirth of a player cumulated with PSG winning their first ever Champions League. They’re both tough Contenders and my top but I rate Raphinha above him just by individual performance, His influence in the Barcelona team was more than Dembele’s influence in the Paris St. Germain team. Lamine Yamal was exceptional too truly amazing for a young kid but these two takes the lead.

[Agbe]

The guarantee of the organizers of the ballon Dior award organizing an award that is free of controversy is low because right from the messi- Ronaldo competition there were years that the players didn't deserve it it the award went their way. The the respect and value of this award is to continue then the organizers has to become more transparent especially with the voting process and the criterias that will be used in voting.

[GiftedMAN]

Some have already said the ballon d' Or award ceremony has lost its intrinsic value right from the Christiano Ronaldo - Lionel Messi era where the award was favoured to a particular individual as many times as possible in a row even when they obviously don't deserve it in the season.

It got more controversial with the Vinicius Jnr and  Rodri contention when it felt like Vini deserved it but it was Rodri that was awarded the ballon d'Or. Am convinced they wouldn't make anymore controversy by giving it to anyone rather than Ousmane Dembele of PSG.

But truth be told a lot of wrongs has happened in the ballon d' Or award making many not to trust the organisers of the award because they believed that right from when they failed to give the award to the best deserving candidate in the past they will not believe them again to make the best judgement.

Coming to the last year's own everyone believed that the winner would be Vini Junior since he was the best performing player as at that time but when he was ignored and Rodri was given the award it made many believe that they will never get better and the award will soon lost it's value completely.

This year is another time to know if they will do the right thing by awarding Ousmane Dembele with the award because he's the best among the rest candidate but tonight we will know the outcome of the results.

[Lida93]

By performance he’s the best performing player… he’s got the trophies and the individual accolades to back it up, Oussmane Dembele also had an exceptional season, a Rebirth of a player cumulated with PSG winning their first ever Champions League. They’re both tough Contenders and my top but I rate Raphinha above him just by individual performance, His influence in the Barcelona team was more than Dembele’s influence in the Paris St. Germain team. Lamine Yamal was exceptional too truly amazing for a young kid but these two takes the lead.

Many football fans would tell you that Lamine Yamal has had more influence on Barcelona success last season than anything Raphinha getting close but there are the stats for individual contributions to the team's success which Raphinha has it ahead of him. Still, it's Ousmane Dembele that has earned the merit to win the ballon d'Or this time, aside his contributions to PSG last season, winning the UCL for them for the first time in the club history makes everything about him unique.

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This year is another time to know if they will do the right thing by awarding Ousmane Dembele with the award because he's the best among the rest candidate but tonight we will know the outcome of the results.

It's going to make things worse should Ousmane Dembele not have it, and so I doubt they would want to do such damage. I heard Dembele would be in attendance since he's not going to play in their game against Marseille tonight due to his injury. The award would definitely look great on him.