{"id":3760,"date":"2025-09-23T20:44:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3760"},"modified":"2025-09-23T20:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:44:54","slug":"ballon-dor-mbappe-messi-congratulate-dembele-on-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=3760","title":{"rendered":"Ballon d&#8217;Or: Mbapp\u00e9, Messi congratulate Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 on triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Sep 23, 2025, 05:57 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"61edbcca-c316-afde-575f-d9dd69176cc4\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/231388\/kylian-mbappe\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/a> and <a data-player-guid=\"dc5f8d51-332b-0ab2-b4b0-c97efdc624e0\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/45843\/lionel-messi\">Lionel Messi<\/a> congratulated their former club teammate <a data-player-guid=\"5c936c66-707c-6b18-bbef-6214d951771d\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/229744\/ousmane-dembele\">Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/a> after he won the Ballon d&#8217;Or award on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 beat <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"58f7c4a9-c991-4ed4-fe5c-1f833cba75b8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=83\">Barcelona<\/a>&#8216;s <a data-player-guid=\"de67ce6f-0991-36b9-afb9-c008f21dc4b4\" href=\"http:\/\/espn.com\/soccer\/player\/_\/id\/362150\/lamine-yamal\">Lamine Yamal<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ESPNFC\/status\/1970229398260400543\" target=\"_blank\">lift the prestigious individual trophy<\/a> after an impressive season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/club\/_\/id\/160\/paris-saint-germain\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Saint-Germain<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=478\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> forward scored 35 goals and provided 14 assists in 53 games to help PSG win their first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/league\/_\/name\/uefa.champions\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a> as well as winning the <a data-league-guid=\"b7217910-7773-3ea8-bc69-30c19c579306\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/FRA.1\">Ligue 1<\/a> title and the <a data-league-guid=\"476dd811-f815-42bc-ae4a-6b36feefee0e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/league\/_\/name\/FRA.COUPE_DE_FRANCE\">Coupe de France<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/40121124\/kylian-mbappe-completes-real-madrid-transfer-psg-exit\" target=\"_blank\">left PSG in the summer of 2024 <\/a>after seven years at the club to join <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"66434654-a8ba-a04c-98e5-6bbd0dbbb780\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/team?id=86\">Real Madrid<\/a>, was among the first to congratulate his France teammate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9. It&#8217;s so exciting, my brother! You deserve it 1000 times,&#8221; Mbapp\u00e9 wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/k.mbappe\/3727518512370072956\/\" target=\"_blank\">on his Instagram<\/a> minutes after Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 was handed the award.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\" \/><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 won the 69th Ballon d&#8217;Or award ahead of Barcelona&#8217;s Lamine Yamal.\u00a0<cite>Kristy Sparow &#8211; UEFA\/UEFA via Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Mbapp\u00e9, 26, who has yet to win a Ballon d&#8217;Or, finished seventh in this year&#8217;s edition.<\/p>\n<p>Eight-time Ballon d&#8217;Or winner, Messi, was also thrilled to see Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 get the recognition he deserves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46350636\/the-henry-switch-helped-dembele-win-ballon-dor\" target=\"_blank\">The Henry-like switch that helped Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 win the Ballon d&#8217;Or<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46346352\/ballon-dor-ousmane-dembele-win-lamine-yamal-psg-barcelona-graham-hunter\" target=\"_blank\">Demb\u00e9l\u00e9&#8217;s Ballon d&#8217;Or win feels like the dawn of a new era<\/a><br \/>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/46348933\/marseille-stun-psg-end-champion-perfect-ligue-1-start\" target=\"_blank\">Marseille stun PSG, end champion&#8217;s perfect Ligue 1 start<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Messi spent four seasons with Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 at Barcelona before the Argentinian star moved to PSG in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Inter Miami captain left a comment in Spanish on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO7JwY6ii2H\/?hl=es&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\">Demb\u00e9l\u00e9&#8217;s Instagram<\/a> and wrote: &#8220;Great Ous!!! Congratulations I&#8217;m so happy for you. You deserve it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/football\/story\/_\/id\/38106043\/psg-sign-dembele-barcelona-agreeing-50m-deal\" target=\"_blank\">who moved to PSG in 2023<\/a> from Barcelona in the same transfer window that saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/37820397\/inter-miami-confirms-lionel-messi-signing-free-transfer\" target=\"_blank\">Messi leave the French giants to join Inter Miami<\/a>, mentioned his former Bar\u00e7a teammate during his acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I learned so much there [at Barcelona], playing alongside players like Messi and [Andres] Iniesta,&#8221; he said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a great learning experience. I am so happy, when I see the list of legends who have won this award.&#8221;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\">\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/46353490\/mbappe-messi-congratulate-dembele-triumph\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sep 23, 2025, 05:57 AM ET Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Lionel Messi congratulated their former club teammate Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 after he won the Ballon d&#8217;Or award on Monday. Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 beat Barcelona&#8216;s Lamine Yamal to lift the prestigious individual trophy after an impressive season with Paris Saint-Germain. 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