He plays with Lamine Yamal at FC Barcelona and Ousmane Dembélé in the French team. Jules Koundé is best placed to judge who can win the Ballon d’Or 2025 which will be awarded on September 22.
The side of the Blues does not get wet in the debate so as not to put any of his two friends on the back. Questioned this Wednesday at a conference before Ukraine-France, he did not put the ball in touch but remained cautious.
“I have already answered, I’m going to do it again,” he said in the preamble. The two deserve. They had an extraordinary season, with trophies in the key and the Champions League obviously for Ousmane. So being a teammate of the two, it’s difficult. Already it is not me who will vote and there are arguments for both. I am very happy to be with Lamine and to see as he carries us. In the same way, to see the evolution of the career of Ousmane with whom I shared a season in Barcelona and who reached PSG a kind of fullness, he probably plays his best football, with the statistics that accompany this. So that the best wins. »»
Koundé is not part of the list of 30 nominees. “I would have enjoyed being there, I would have enjoyed being seen there the season I made,” he said. It is a source of motivation to say that I will have to do even better next season to hope to be there. »»
Barcelona-Psg, “a match we checked”
The side also mentioned the next duel between Barça and PSG. The two clubs will compete in the Champions League. The meeting is scheduled for October 1. The Golden Ball ceremony will therefore already be passed and the duel will no longer have an influence on the vote.
Jules Koundé is the player who, with 70 games, played the most in 2024, will be on the field, except Pepin. He has already projected himself on the confrontation. “This is a match we checked because it’s a great poster,” he said. Last season, I think it was the poster that people probably wanted to see the most, especially in the Champions League final. By the history of confrontations too. There is a special flavor. By the quality of PSG too, we always want to rub the best. This is a match that we look forward to ”.
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