2025 Ballon d’Or: Abedi Pele Backs Mohamed Salah to Win, Gives Pictorial Reason
- Ghanaian football legend Abedi Pele has backed Mohamed Salah to win the 2025 Ballon d'Or award on Monday evening
- PSG star Ousmane Dembele and Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal are the leading favourites for the award
- Egyptian winger Salah helped Liverpool win the Premier League title last season and was the best player in England
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Ghanaian football legend Abedi Pele has tipped Mohamed Salah to win the 2025 Ballon d'Or award and shared a picture to back up his claims.
The Ballon d'Or award ceremony will be held on Monday, September 22, 2025, at the usual venue at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris at 8 pm.
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Paris Saint-Germain attacker Ousmane Dembele and Barcelona youngster are the leading favourites to win after a brilliant individual and team year.
Raphinha, Kylian Mbappe, and Vitinha, amongst others, are contenders who could pick up football’s biggest individual prize later tonight in France.
As noted by UEFA, the nominees are judged on three criteria: Individual performances, decisive and impressive character, team performances and achievements, class and fair play.
The voting is done by one journalist from each of the top 100 countries on the FIFA rankings before the nominees' list is released, this time in June 2025.
Each journalist selects ten out of the 30 nominees in descending order of merit. The ten selected nominees are awarded 15, 12, 10, 8, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 point, respectively, and the player with the most points wins.
If there is a tie, the players are separated by the number of first-place votes, the second-place votes, until they are separated and a winner emerges.
Abedi Pele backs Salah for Ballon d'Or
Ghanaian football legend Abedi Ayew, popularly referred to as Abedi Pele, has named Mohamed Salah as the deserved winner of the Ballon d'Or.
Pele shared a photo on his X page of the Egyptian winger and that Premier League trophy alongside his individual awards from last season, as a reason for him to win the Golden Ball.
Fans agreed with him and applauded him for standing up for an African player.
@GHDeservesBest wrote:
“All the legends are speaking 🗣️ the truth. @ballondor it’s up to you to make the right decision because Mo Salah won every stat and accolade in the best and most competitive league in the world.”
@LFCSykes wrote:
“It won't happen, but at least we know where you stand ❤.”
@Fikayofmars wrote:
“You see that Premier League player of the season ba? Se fini😂”
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As noted by Transfermarkt, Salah scored an incredible 34 goals and provided 23 assists in 52 matches in all competitions during the 2024/25 season.
He won the Premier League Golden Boot and Playmaker's Award, the second player to win the awards in the same season after Harry Kane.
PSG players will miss Ballon d'Or ceremony
Legit.ng reported that PSG players will miss the Ballon d'Or ceremony despite having nine players nominated and Ousmane Dembele being a favourite to win.
Their French Ligue 1 match against Olympique Marseille, which was scheduled for Sunday, September 21, was postponed to Monday due to adverse weather conditions.
Source: Legit.ng
