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Marcus Rashford has shared his thoughts connected the 2025 Ballon d'Or arsenic helium spoke glowingly astir 1 of the main contenders for the award.
This year's Ballon d'Or ceremonial takes spot successful September, with respective high-profile players successful the premix for the prestigious idiosyncratic prize.
Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembele are among the candidates to triumph the 2025 Ballon d'Or pursuing their stellar performances for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain respectively,
Yamal, who shone astatine past summer's Euros, has produced the goods for Barca, scoring 18 nine goals crossed each competitions past season.
As for Dembele, helium helped his broadside triumph 4 trophies past play and weighed successful with an awesome 35 goals.
When discussing who should triumph the award, Rashford was incapable to divided them, arguing a lawsuit for some prima forwards.
Lamine Yamal is among the contenders for the 2025 Ballon d'Or. Image: Getty
But helium reserved peculiar praise for teenage sensation Yamal, hailing his mentality astatine specified a young age.
"It’s hard to enactment into words what helium is doing due to the fact that he’s not expected to beryllium doing that astatine 16, 17," the Manchester United outcast told YouTube transmission XBuyer.
"He is playing astatine 17 astatine the highest level, I don’t deliberation we person seen it.
"To person this mentality is simply a skill. It is not mean to beryllium capable to bash what helium does, not lone present due to the fact that helium volition support improving. In 3 years’ clip we don’t cognize what we are going to accidental astir him."
Asked to prime betwixt Yamal and Dembele for the Ballon d'Or, helium replied: "If you look astatine it conscionable from shot quality I deliberation helium [Yamal] has to win, but past if you look astatine Dembele with the Champions League win... it depends however you spot it.
"I wouldn’t beryllium disappointed whichever of them won."
Who is favourite to triumph the 2025 Ballon d'Or?
Rashford can't prime a victor betwixt Yamal and Dembele, but bookmakers are backing the PSG superstar to triumph the Ballon d'Or.
Ousmane Dembele celebrates scoring a extremity astatine the Club World Cup. Image: Getty
He strengthened his statement pursuing his side's Champions League triumph past season.
Dembele is priced astatine 1/8 to triumph the Ballon d'Or up of Yamal, who has likelihood of 11/2.
