The busiest Ballon d’Or ceremony in history concluded with Ousmane Dembélé fulfilling the potential that, for so long, had escaped his grasp.
Dembélé’s journey should serve as great inspiration, with the former wunderkind proving that development most certainly isn’t linear. He arrived at Barcelona as a 20-year-old sensation with the grandest of expectations, but departed in his prime having failed miserably to justify Barça’s expensive gamble.
