Former France midfielder Alain Giresse believes Ousmane Dembele is the main candidate to assert the Ballon d’Or and says “there is no such thing as a debate” that he has the sting over Lamine Yamal as a consequence of Paris Saint-Germain successful the Champions League.
Dembele scored 35 targets in 53 video games in all competitions final season, together with eight as PSG grew to become European champions for the primary time, with Luis Enrique’s facet additionally touchdown the Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France trophies.
And Giresse, who was part of the France midfield dubbed the ‘Magic Sq.’ alongside Michel Platini, Luis Fernández and Jean Tigana, says that ought to give him the sting over Yamal, who helped Barca win La Liga and the Copa del Rey.
Lamine Yamal ‘lacks efficiency’ – Giresse
He told Le Parisien: “In fact, there may be Yamal, who exudes distinctive technical qualities. However, for me, he nonetheless lacks efficiency on the highest stage.
“Dembele was above all a participant who dedicated himself to the membership and within the [Champions League] last confirmed his qualities with unbelievable urgent. This is a crucial issue however within the eyes of the general public it doesn’t have the identical impact as a spectacular technical transfer. On the sector, nonetheless, it has the identical worth.
“For my part, Dembele has the title that validates his season, a title that Yamal doesn’t have.”
PSG have nine nominees for the trophy that might be handed out in Paris on September 22.
On a person stage, Giresse admits Yamal might have the sting and indicated that was why Lionel Messi has eight Ballons d’Or in comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo’s 5.
He added: “Messi gained so many occasions as a result of individuals had been gained over by his method and spectacular strikes somewhat than Ronaldo’s phenomenal bodily facet.
“Like them, Yamal and Dembele don’t have the identical qualities of their video games however I vote for Dembele. He’s, for me, THE consultant of a membership that had an distinctive season. He made us overlook that, till December, we had a an unfinished style when watching PSG video games. He was the one who modified issues.
“He was the one who triggered the rise of this staff. For my part, you can’t reward a person in a staff that doesn’t work. Yamal isn’t in a staff that doesn’t work however you can’t examine a nationwide title [La Liga] to a Champions League.
“There isn’t a debate. Dembele, I hope, can have marked individuals’s minds greater than Yamal because of the victory within the Champions League.”
How does the voting for the Ballon d’Or work?
The 30-player shortlist for the primary awards is voted for by a panel of journalists from France Soccer and L’Equipe.
One journalist from every of the highest 100 nations within the FIFA rankings then votes for his or her high 10 from every record with every place afforded a sure variety of factors.
- First Place: 15 factors
- Second Place: 12 factors
- Third place: 10 factors
- Fourth place: 8 factors
- Fifth place: 7 factors
- Sixth place: 5 factors
- Seventh place: 4 factors
- Eighth place: 3 factors
- Ninth place: 2 factors
- Tenth place: 1 level
Which gamers have gained the lads’s award beforehand?
2024: Rodri
2023: Lionel Messi
2022: Karim Benzema
2021: Lionel Messi
2019: Lionel Messi
