Revealed: Who's going to win the 2025 Ballon d'Or, the official account has 'leaked' it

A debate that will soon be solved, still caught up in the controversy from last year's edition, is the 2025 Ballon d'Or winner. The organization of this important individual award, jointly managed by UEFA and the magazine France Football, tries to keep the voting process to select the best player of the year a secret.

However, what happened on social media may have offered an unequivocal clue, adding to all the rumors that have circulated about the winner of this edition, which reveals that mystery. The last match played in the European football elite is the UEFA Super Cup final, a match between PSG and Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite starting the match behind, the current Champions League champions managed to overcome the two-goal deficit and take the match to a penalty shootout. There, fate was decided, which favored the rouge-et-bleu side. After that intense final between the French squad and the English team, the best player of the match was Ousmane Dembélé.

That decision is not surprising: PSG's new "10" has delivered a 24/25 season to remember, being decisive in every competition won by Luis Enrique's players. His past performance, along with the MVP award in the UEFA Super Cup final, make him one of the top candidates to win the Ballon d'Or.

Once again in the spotlight

The official account of this award, just one day after Dembélé was crowned MVP in Italy, posted a video featuring the French forward. The content of that test is the usual: out of all the given options, who is the best Ballon d'Or winner. The questions are not what is truly striking.

It is the fact that the star of that video is Ousmane Dembélé, the favorite to succeed Rodrigo on the list of Ballon d'Or winners. The viral coincidence serves for many as further proof that the French striker will be the winner of this award given by UEFA and France Football next September.

Once again, the Ballon d'Or becomes one of the main subjects of rumors in the European football elite. These have not been easy weeks for the trophy's organization, especially after the complete "boycott" carried out by Real Madrid. The white club, despite having footballers nominated in almost every category, has not promoted its candidates on its official communication channels.

They also were not successful when they jumped ahead by a month to wish Luka Modric a happy birthday, former player and absolute legend of Real Madrid. The publication of this video featuring Dembélé, under the excuse of his first nomination for the award, is for many an unintentional leak of the chosen one for the 2025 Ballon d'Or.