L-R: Dembele, Yamal and Mbappe have been tipped as favourites for the 2025 Ballon d’Or
The conversation about the 2025 Ballon d’Or became a dominant topic on social media trends after Ousmane Dembele helped Paris Saint-Germain clinch the 2025 UEFA Champions League.
Achraf Hakimi scored first then Desire Doue scored twice, Kvaratskhelia and Senny Mayulu were also on the scoresheet as PSG won their first-ever UEFA Champions League trophy against Inter Milan 5-0 on May 31, 2025.
After the game, some football fans began to project French attacker Dembele as the deserved winner of the 2025 Ballon d’Or, having played 38 matches this season, scoring 32 goals with 12 assists.
Others offered a different opinion, arguing that Barcelona prodigy Lamine Yamal deserves it more, considering his statistics this season: playing 50 matches, scoring 16 goals with 16 assists.
Meanwhile, some supporters took a dig at Real Madrid attacker Kylian Mbappe, who left the club last season in search of a UCL trophy but ended up getting eliminated in the quarter-finals stage with his former team.
They ridiculed the French captain for his former club winning the trophy when he thought they would not be able to do so.
Meanwhile, there has not been a clear favourite for the 2025 Ballon d’Or, as the race remains open ahead of the ceremony, which will be held in September 2025.
Read the comments below:
everybody mentioning mbappe and yamal for ballondor
meanwhile dembele after winning UCL 😂 #BallonDor pic.twitter.com/h2szz3G7ge
— Big Moh (@bigmohtalks) May 26, 2025
Not long ago, Luis Enrique was trying to convince Mbappe of the importance of defending for the team.
Now, it’s Dembélé who is making strides and is a legitimate Ballon d’Or candidate, on the verge of lifting his first Champions League trophy. #UCL
— herculez gomez (@herculezg) May 31, 2025
Dembele Yamal
33 goals 17 goals
3014 minutes 4746 minutes
UCL final
League one top
scorerFrench farmer Ballon D’or Boy pic.twitter.com/zC5g5Q34ZH
— Ronnie (@TheMadridFann) May 26, 2025
-Mbappe rejects chance to join Real Madrid and stays with PSG in 2022
-Real Madrid wins 2024 UCL
-Mbappe joins Real Madrid the same summer
-Real Madrid eliminated from 2025 UCL in quarterfinals
-PSG win 2025 UCL FinalTough. pic.twitter.com/cNGmiGR2DJ
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 31, 2025
Imagínate ser culé, apoyar al PSG ( xq Luis Enrique bla bla bla) y que ahora Dembele le gane el Balón de Oro a Yamal, le gane El MVP de UCL a Raphina, y Doué le gane el Golden Boy a Pau Cubarsi 😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/8Kva7HjTho
— Yipsi1989 👑 (@Yipsi1989) June 2, 2025
PSG offense is better without Mbappe
— Cayeman (@morsi12hotmail1) May 31, 2025
Honestly what’s stopping Yamal from winning the Balon D’Or? Dembele and PSG winning UCL?🤣🤣🤣Balon D’Or should go to either Yamal or Raphinha EASILY
— Sebastrigol (@Sebastrigol) May 18, 2025
last tweet isn’t a dig at Yamal btw. personally think it should go to Dembele, depending on the result of the UCL final, but Yamal admittedly has been performing at a level above everyone else.
Raph has the better output ofc but without Yamal, Barca don’t win three trophies.
— 🌪️ (@blancosvision) May 19, 2025
This isn’t tough, he is the reason why this happened. Mbappé has 0 defensive commitment with the team and wants all the glory.
— VRed Baller (@VRedBaller) May 31, 2025
Dembele UCL and ballon dor before Mbappe
Ballon dor I’m not going hungry. It’s either we prove Dembele was the better talent all along or Yamal wins pic.twitter.com/H0tywWPjtd
— YM Milli☀️❌ (@Carticort) June 1, 2025
As a football fan, you can’t vote Dembele over Yamal, with his performance at the #UCLFinal2025 & his overall stats in the #UCL campaign as a whole. Yamal is CLEAR !!!
— BBK (@OgbeniBBK) June 1, 2025
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