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Oli Gent

Ballon d'Or 2025: Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe send Ousmane Dembele messages as tributes pour in

Tributes from some of the world’s best players poured in as Ousmane Dembele won the 2025 Ballon d’Or.

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, two of Dembele’s former team-mates, congratulated the France forward on the accolade as he was crowned the world’s best men’s player, pipping Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal to the prize.

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