France Football, the organizers of the Ballon d’Or award, have listed the three criteria to decide the winner of this year’s award.
According to the CEO, Vincent Garcia, he is the only one who knows the winner ahead of Monday night’s ceremony.
Garcia said: “I’m the only one who knows the winner. The criteria to win this award is,
1. Individual performances, decisive & impressive performances
2. Titles achieved
3. Fair play, behavior on and off field.”
The 2025 Ballon d’Or winner is likely to be between Paris Saint-Germain’s Ousmane Dembele and Lamine Yamal of Barcelona.
Manchester City midfielder, Rodri, is the current holder of the award, having beaten Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior to it last year.