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Who Wins the Ballon D'or?

ESPN FC

ESPN

Sports, Soccer

4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The FC crew react to the 30 player shortlist for the men's & women's Ballon D'or announced today. Plus, Gemma Soler joins the show to talk Barcelona including Marc-André Ter Stegen being stripped of the captaincy & Inigo Martinez leaving for Saudi Arabia. Also, the guys discuss English Premier League transfers & make predictions for the upcoming season. And, LAFC welcomes new signing Son Heung-Min. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.4

Welcome in to the latest edition of ESPNFC.

0:34.8

I'm Dan Thomas, joined by Craig Burley and Stevie Nicolid. It the day we've all been waiting for the 30 man shortlist has been announced for this year.

0:43.0

Ball on Door and of course there will be a new winner this year. Rodry not involved because of his injury.

0:49.1

Maybe a couple of years ago we thought it might be Venetius Jr. maybe Killeen Bappe battling out for this award,

0:55.1

of course both Christiana Ronaldo and Leon Al Messi.

0:58.4

But according to the bookies, there is certainly one front runner and that is Usman Dembele,

1:04.2

of course, so key to the success that PSG had during their season going to win the Champions

1:09.4

League, but it's La Miena Mall that the bookuckees reckon could push D'embele all the way of course the

1:14.9

teenage sensation just incredible this season for both Barcelona and Spain

1:20.4

according to Buckey's then it's very much a two horse racey welcome into the show

1:25.5

Ian Dark and Don Hutchinson right it's a. Nobody likes individual wards in a team sport. Yes, it's very difficult to compare players who play for better national teams who run in the Club World Cup. Blah, blah, blah. We've been there. We've done it. We've been there. This is not an excuse to get on a soapbox. Well, you're on it. No, I'm not on it because I am nipping it in the bud before we get to it.

1:46.2

And we can just get names and we can get on with it.

1:48.4

Don, who would you vote for?

1:51.8

Den Belé.

1:52.8

Best plan in the world.

1:54.0

There we are.

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