Lamine Yamal Repeat nomination al Trofeo Askthe golden ball of children under 21, after winning it in 2024, where there is also the central Real Madrid, Dean Huijsen. The Spanish international is among the five candidates for 2025 with the new Madrid player and his partner at Barça Pau Cubarsí, as the organization revealed this Thursday. The winners will be announced on September 22 at the Golden Ball Gala.
The Blaugrana end, 18, is the great favorite and could become the first player who wins this trophy on more than one occasion, something that so far no one has achieved. In addition, it is expected that its name also appears among the golden ball nominees. To win the Ask, Lamine will have to overcome a House which also signed a great campaign with the Bournemouth and the Spanish team, where it has become a fixed for De la Fuente.
Next to Lamine Yamal, there will be another FC Barcelona footballer as the central Pau Cubarsí18, and there will also be another component of the Spanish team as Dean Huijsennew signing of Real Madrid from the English Bournemouth, where he was one of the best in the 2024-2025 season, and that debuted last March with La Red.
This trio of players will try to maintain the dominance of national football, with special mention for the current league champion, in this award in the last years they have also won Pedri González (2021) and Pablo Martín 'Gavi' (2022).
His rivals will be the French Desired (PSG) Y Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille), the Brazilian Stalk (Palmeiras), Portuguese Los JOAO NEVES (PSG) Y Rodrigo Mora (Porto), English Myles Lewis-Skelly (Arsenal FC) and the Turkish Kenan Yildiz (Juventus). Doué and Neves, for the conquest of the Champions League by Luis Enrique Martínez's team, are emerging as other main candidates, with the Portuguese also adding the title of the League of Nations with its selection.
Linda Caicedo and Vicky López lead the women's category
As for the Female categorywhich opens from this year, the only Spanish representative among the five nominees will be the midfielder of FC Barcelona Vicky Lópezof recent 19 years and that also shone in the last Eurocup of Switzerland with the Spanish team.
The four rivals of the Madrid will be the Colombian front Linda Caicedofrom Real Madrid, the English front Michelle AGYEMANGDel Brighton and that was key in the title of the Eurocup of his selection, the Dutch midfielder Wieks captain (Chelsea) and the Paraguayan front Claudia Martínez Ovando (Olimpia), the youngest of the nominees with 17 years.
