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    Ousmane Dembélé

    I think the point is whether Dembele's push for the Ballon d'Or is valid or not, and if you check, it's very valid. His imprint in PSG winning 4 cups this season is obvious. He's got 14 g/a in 15 UCL games, 27g/a in 29 league games, 4 g/a in 4 Coupe de France games and 1 g/a in 1 Trophees des...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    That's true, but Dembele also has a UEFA Super Cup final against Spurs, PSG likely wins, and that further increases his odds.
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    Désiré Doué

    I don't think it's just about dribbling ability, I didn't see PSG players dribbling frequently against Inter; it was more of quick passes, quick movements, crazy pressing, switching of wings, and it seemed Inter didn't know how to contain it. With Barca, it was more predictable. We gave Yamal...
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    Désiré Doué

    He actually has more pace than Yamal based on UEFA stats (Doue's top speed is 33.83 km/h and average speed is 31.35 per game). Yamal's top speed is 32.18 km/h and average speed is 30.53 per match. I don't think he needs to be lightning quick, but I agree that he can do more damage in central...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    He's most likely winning it (already has the UCL player of the tournament and Ligue 1 player of the year already), so Football quality may as well get to its knees already, or even lie fully down.
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    Désiré Doué

    Something people don't understand is that Barca's style against Inter was cool, but it relied too much on Yamal's dribbling. PSG's approach against Inter was different (involved more movements and fewer touches), and that's why we didn't see their wingers trying to emulate what Yamal did...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    I think it's most likely Dembele, Yamal may not even win the most valuable player in La Liga for 2025 (Mbappe won the fans voting, Pedri won La Liga player of the season from the Athletic, and Yamal won it from ESPN), so votes are split for Barca players. In UCL Raphinha has the edge over Yamal...
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    10 - Lamine Yamal

    If Dembele stayed, he would have been on a reduced contract for about 4-5 years and would have been past his peak before renewal, so that he couldn't demand higher wages then. He trusted and did what was best for himself, and it worked out for both parties.
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Lamine is special, I think he's the best RW in the world now, and he's just 17, but Ballon D'or is more than that, your stats, and club achievement in the season are also a vital factor (Dembele edges him there). If you combine club league games and UCL, Dembele has 39 g/a in 42 games (2725...
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    Bradley Barcola

    Even if he's available, Barca isn't his likely destination, cause he would still rotate with Raphinha or Yamal here, so I think he stays put at PSG (don't see much reason for him to leave). If we're even to check his minutes so far, he's got 2,748 so far at PSG this season, Dembele has 2,416...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    I watched the game, he was quality, and created chances. Aston Villa also did a good job in blocking passes from getting to him to shoot (so whenever Barcola, Kvara or Doue wanted to lay it back for him, they were always there to intercept)
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    11 - Raphinha

    He needs to control himself better, else his anger would make him do something he regrets. I remember him storming out and throwing tantrums when Xavi subbed him in a game, and now acting funny when Flick and Ter Stegen tried to calm him down. Those close to him should tell him the truth, he...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Context matters, now for Dembele, he had not scored for PSG since November, as a matter of fact, he only had 1 goal in both Ligue 1 and UCL as at April, and that was in November. So he is battling critics from not scoring a goal at all, having just 1 goal in 32 appearances in both UCL and Ligue...
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    Kevin De Bruyne

    The truth is most of the quality strikers miss chances a lot (the Mbappes, Haalands, Suarez, Aguero, Ronaldo etc), and it's not just this era, even the era of De Lima Ronaldo and the likes. We mainly focus on the good parts, and I think a key quality of being able to perform is being able to...
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    Désiré Doué

    PSG is now different, they've now got quality hungry players, environment and coach.
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    Rafinha Alcantara

    Can be like that for some, can't remember the last time Deulofeu played a game too
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Some things are just clear, he has 21 league goals in 24 games this season, and had 3 in 26 league games in the same league. He has 7 UCL goals this season and had 6 UCL goals in his last 6 seasons
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    Yeah, the PSG game against Villa would be tough. To be fair to Salah, Nuno Mendes is very good (has pace and all); and he was limited to mostly defending against Liverpool, normally, you see him attacking more. Salah also had his chances against Mendes, I remember he got past him from around...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    To me, the PSG squad now seems stronger or more compact than the PSG of then (even with Messi, Neymar and Mbappe). it's not just about the names, the togetherness also matters to a large extent (cause the talent of Messi and Neymar is levels above the squad, but the squad is more dangerous as a...
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    Ousmane Dembélé

    To me it's actually very simple, the impossible for PSG has always been the UCL and why they signed the Messi's, Neymar etc, so if Dembouz can deliver that now (regardless of PSG's collective playstyle), then there's no reason why he won't be a top contender for the award, PSG would also push...

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