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Makelele Picks Dembele Over Yamal for 2025 Ballon d’Or
Former Chelsea star Claude Makelele has backed Ousmane Dembele to win the 2025 Ballon d’Or, snubbing rising Barcelona youngster Lamine Yamal. Makelele, who also played for France, said while Yamal is clearly talented, he still has a lot to prove and needs more time to grow. In his view, Dembele has put in the work over the years and deserves the recognition.
Speaking in an interview, Makelele said, “Dembele deserves it. Lamine still has to show more consistency. He’s still a kid. He’s got the talent, but let’s not rush him.” Both Dembele and Yamal have been named among the top contenders for the prestigious award, but Makelele believes it’s too early to hand it to the teenager.
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Drogba Shows Support to Osimhen After Emotional Interview About His Mother
Former Chelsea player Didier Drogba shares a tribute to Galatasaray player Victor Osimhen’s mother.
During a recent interview, the player stated to Osimhen while sharing a tribute to his mother,
“Told you, you have an army of Lions with you, Victor Osimhen. Condolences and stay strong.”
It can be noted that Osimhen shared in an interview that he lost his mum at a young age and has just been growing up with his dad.
After this interview, many shared tributes to his mum and shared support to the player that he is doing well.
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Leverkusen Boss Says Arsenal Are Best Team in Europe
Bayer Leverkusen manager, Kasper Hjulmand, reveals the team to be the best in Europe right now.
Ahead of the team match this Wednesday evening, the manager was speaking in an interview where he later stated that Arsenal is the best team right now.
“Arsenal are perhaps the best team in Europe at the moment. They finished first in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League and won all their games, scored the most goals and conceded the fewest.”
He then speaks on what he expected from the team match against Arsenal “Arsenal are the clear favourites. But we’ve already shown this season against many big teams like Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig that we can beat them. And as we all know, anything is possible in football.”
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DR Congo Football Federation President Arrested Over Financial Crimes
The president of the DR Congo Football Federation, Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas, has reportedly been arrested over charges of financial offences made.
It was reported that the president was given life imprisonment. The arrest went with an 8-month investigation of the corruption allegations made against him.
Some of the charges included money laundering, embezzlement, forgery, and the use of falsified documents.
Fans and observers of this news speak out on how this arrest and allegation may bring a bad reputation for the country’s sports organisation.
