LaLiga president, Javier Tebas, has claimed that Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal was denied the 2025 Ballon d’Or due to his age.
Tebas has nevertheless expressed his optimism that Yamal will quickly win the award.
Ousmane Dembele of Paris Saint-Germain completed high within the Ballon d’Or voting this yr, with 18-year-old Yamal as runner-up.
Yamal nevertheless went dwelling with the Kopa Trophy for finest younger participant, a prize he has now received back-to-back.
“If he had been older than 23, he would have received it, too, I’m positive, however since he was youthful, they gave him the opposite one [Kopa trophy],” Tebas stated.
However not like Tebas, Barcelona President Joan Laporta had admitted that Dembele received the prize as a result of PSG lifted the Champions League trophy.
