
Ronaldinho gave Dembélé the Golden Ball.
Photo: EFE – Mohammed Badra
Ousmane Dembélé got it. The French footballer, so many times indicated by his injuries and doubts in Barcelona, was elected yesterday as winner of the Golden Ball 2025, the most prestigious prize of world football. The magazine “France Football” acknowledged to the extreme of Paris Saint-Germain as the best player on the planet, crowning a dream season in which he went from being an intermittent talent, a Discolo player, to a total attacker. His consecration, however, is not explained without the figure of Luis Enrique, also awarded coach …