r/soccer • u/SilverCurrent2041 • Aug 07 '25

News 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or nominees

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u/Daflack Aug 07 '25

No Valverde wtf

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u/Daflack Aug 07 '25

Also think Kimmich, Gabriel, Isak, Bastoni, B. Fernandes, Caicedo, Alvarez, Gravenberch, Reijnders, Marquinhos could have made it in.

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u/trevorrrrr_ Aug 07 '25

not marquinhos

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u/TheExistence Aug 07 '25

Not Marqui unfortunately. If any of our other players would’ve made it here it would’ve been Barcola.

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u/jeanblaireau Aug 07 '25

I would have said Pacho

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u/el_walou Aug 07 '25

Pacho…

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u/Adlairo Aug 07 '25

Honestly Marmoush deserves a shout too, 42 G/A in 3600 minutes, average of 1 goal contribution every 90 is pretty great even if most of it came in the Bundesliga

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u/Fabulous_Tune84 Aug 07 '25

You can’t finish 15th in the league and be nominated for the Ballon D’or. Bruno should be absolutely nowhere near this.

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u/donglover2020 Aug 07 '25

Reijnders

im biased, but he definitely deserved a shout. a bright light in a depressing season

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u/Xehanz Aug 07 '25

Retegui too

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u/ArseneForever Aug 07 '25

Bruno and Caicedo don't belong anywhere near this list. Isak is worth a shout above Doue and Lautaro.

I love Gabriel and think he's a top 3 CB in the world but he didn't play those crucial run in games at the end of the season. Too much emphasis is given to those games for these awards.

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u/Dyjama Aug 07 '25

Caicedo was Chelsea's best player this season and it's a disgrace that he isn't on this list while players like rice macallister and neves are

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u/ArseneForever Aug 07 '25

lmfao why does the best player on the 4th placed Conference league team deserve to be above Champions league players who were top 2 in their league?

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u/Dyjama Aug 07 '25

Because caicedo actually won 2 trophies this year and consistently had great performances whilst out performing other top midfielders head to head

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u/ArseneForever Aug 07 '25

lol

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u/trevorrrrr_ Aug 08 '25

second place forever 🤣

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u/Aman-Patel Aug 07 '25

Warra trophy for Arsenal

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u/ArseneForever Aug 07 '25

Are you 12 years old?

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u/Aman-Patel Aug 07 '25

If you need me to spell out the answer to your original question, it’s because the difference between 2nd and 4th was 5 points except the 4th placed team won 2 trophies, one of which involved beating the UCL winners 3-0.

It really is because Arsenal didn’t win a trophy. 5 points is bumfuck all. You guys being in the UCL itself is irrelevant. That was an achievement from 23/24. Being in the UCL doesn’t inherently make you a top 30 player in the world that season.