Herve Renard reveals the African player who should win 2025 Ballon d'Or

• The 2025 Ballon d'Or contention is heating up aft the decision of the FIFA Club World Cup successful USA
• Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ousmane Dembele is the odds-on favourite to triumph the coveted award
• French manager Hervé Renard has backed an African subordinate to triumph the grant up of different apical stars

Saudi Arabia nationalist squad caput manager Hervé Renard has backed an African subordinate to triumph the 2025 Ballon d'Or arsenic the contention for the coveted grant heats up.

The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is the past large tourney nether the timeline that qualifies a subordinate to beryllium considered for this year's award.

Achraf Hakimi successful enactment for PSG against Chelsea successful the Club World Cup final. Photo by Jose Breton.
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According to beIN Sport, the 30 nominees volition beryllium announced connected August 7, portion the grant ceremonial volition beryllium held connected September 22 astatine Théâtre du Chatelet successful Paris.

Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ousmane Dembele is the favourite to triumph the award, and his main challenger is Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal.

Dembele was pivotal successful helping Luis Enrique’s PSG triumph their archetypal UEFA Champions League trophy arsenic portion of a treble-winning season.

Other PSG stars person shouts for idiosyncratic awards this year, including Desire Doue, Achraf Hakimi, Nuno Mendes and Vitinha, amongst others.

Hervé Renard tips Hakimi for Ballon d'Or

Saudi Arabia caput manager Renard has tipped an African subordinate to triumph the Golden Ball, with Hakimi and Mohamed Salah the apical African players successful contention.

Renard sided with his erstwhile Morocco nationalist squad subordinate aft his exploits for PSG successful a singular season, acknowledging him arsenic 1 of the champion players successful the world.

“He is 1 of the champion players successful the satellite today. For me, helium is the Ballon d'Or victor of this season, arsenic helium has been exceptional, consistent, and decisive successful each his performances,” helium told Le360 Sports.

Renard, who gave Hakimi his nationalist squad debut, besides stylishly tipped the erstwhile Real Madrid prima to triumph the African Footballer of the Year by naming him the champion subordinate successful Africa.

“Today, Achraf Hakimi is the champion subordinate connected the continent. And fixed his young age, he's acold from finished adding to his database of achievements,” helium added.

Mohamed Salah successful enactment for Liverpool against Brighton. Photo by Julian Finney.
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As noted by Transfermarkt, Hakimi scored 11 goals and provided 16 assists successful 55 games successful each competitions for PSG, making him the defender with the astir extremity contributions past season.

Salah, who is the different African prima successful the moving for the Ballon d'Or, is Hakimi’s main challenger for the CAF Best Award. He scored 34 goals and provided 23 assists successful 52 games.

The Moroccan defender was adjacent to winning the CAF Best Award past year, but finished 2nd down Super Eagles and Atalanta guardant Ademola Lookman.

Dembele reclaimed apical spot successful Ballon d'Or rankings

Legit.ng reported that Ousmane Dembele reclaimed the apical spot successful the latest Ballon d'Or rankings released aft losing it aft the Club World Cup final.

His show successful the Club World Cup last initially allowed Lamine Yamal to assertion the apical spot successful the powerfulness rankings, but the French prima has moved up to fig one.

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