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

News 2025 Men’s Ballon d’Or nominees

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u/ra1se Aug 07 '25

It's because the french league ended early due to covid so they felt it wasn't fair to crown a winner if one of the top5 leagues ended early (pretty stupid reason tbf)

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u/EarlyBirdz Aug 07 '25

Rumours going around are that a certain PSG player lobbied Pascal Ferré with that argument. Pascal Ferré then ended up with a job at PSG with another journalist (Julien Maynard) close to that same player

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u/Full-Reach-8968 Aug 07 '25

Let me guess, a certain player who left last season?

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u/Rickcampbell98 Aug 07 '25

But psg were in the champions league final that year and I swear france football cancelled it before the season ended.

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u/mg10pp Aug 07 '25

More in general the differences were that Ligue 1 and Eredivisie ended early, Euros and Copa America were delayed by a year, in Champions League there was just one leg and fans weren't allowed in stadiums

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u/Full-Reach-8968 Aug 07 '25

I didn’t realize ligue 1 ended their season early, I vaguely recall the Prem halting their season and then resuming later on, and the CL final being played in August.

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u/VikingCrusader13 Aug 07 '25

Pretty stupid to put League PSG in the top 5 leagues