Barcelona are having an unimaginable season, and due to this, a number of of their gamers have been touted as attainable winners of the 2025 Ballon d’Or award. At this stage, Raphinha is taken into account to be many individuals’s favourites, however the likes of Lamine Yamal and Pedri are additionally within the dialog.
The award, which will probably be handed out by France Soccer later within the yr, is one which at all times garners discussions concerning the attainable winner. Rodri Hernandez took it dwelling in 2024 after edging out Actual Madrid famous person Vinicius Junior, however this yr, there’s a good probability that it returns to La Liga – particularly with Kylian Mbappe additionally among the many frontrunners.
Lamine Yamal had his say on the matter earlier within the week, and now Barcelona and Spain teammate Pau Cubarsi was additionally requested throughout his interview with COPE (through Sport). In his eyes, Raphinha is the favorite for now, and he believes that that is the final consensus inside Can Barca.
“Proper now, due to how the season goes, I might give it to Raphinha.
“However isn’t Lamine going to get offended with this reply?
“Lamine would additionally say Raphinha.”
Cubarsi would additionally go on to disclose that Raphinha is taken into account to be one of many leaders within the Barcelona dressing room, with the opposite being one other of the captaincy group: Ronald Araujo. The Brazilian winger has typically worn the armband this season due to damage issues for Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Araujo and Frenkie de Jong, and it’s clear that this has made him a large affect.
Cubarsi is presently getting ready for Spain’s UEFA Nations League quarter-final tie towards The Netherlands, for which he’s anticipated to be a starter as a result of damage issues for Aymeric Laporte and Dani Vivian.