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Ballon d’Or season always brings debate among football fans and pundits.

There has never been and will never be a Ballon d’Or winner that everyone agrees on.

For years, the argument over who was most deserving of being called the best footballer in the world centered around two giants of the game, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Last year, Manchester City midfielder Rodri edged out Real Madrid star Vinícius Júnior for the award, prompting backlash from all associated with Los Blancos.

The 2025 edition has, in fairness, been less controversial than last year.

Following PSG’s dominant win in the UEFA Champions League Final, Ousmane Dembélé was a somewhat predictable recipient of football’s most prestigious individual accolade.

Still, strong arguments could be made in favour of others.

Dembélé’s biggest threat came in the form of Barcelona sensation Lamine Yamal, who finished as a worthy runner-up to the 28-year-old ex-Barça boy.

This data analysis contextualizes the 2024/2025 season for the Ballon d’Or top two by examining Dembélé vs Yamal stats.

We’ll use statistics to help compare and contrast the 2024/2025 season for Ousmane Dembélé at PSG and Lamine Yamal at Barcelona, respectively, outlining how they earned the right to battle it out for the Ballon d’Or trophy last week.

The Ballon d’Or isn’t just about numbers, however.

Narrative also weighs heavily on those entrusted with selecting the winner.

Therefore, this Ballon D’Or analysis also aims to tell the story of what the 2024/2025 campaign meant to both players, in conjunction with the player performance data.

Birmingham City is a club that’s been through a lot in recent years.

While the club played in the Premier League for most of the 2000s, 2011 proved to be a turning point.

Despite heavily investing in the squad and even winning the EFL Cup, beating Arsenal in the final, their Premier League season was a disaster.

They ended up in 18th place and were relegated to the EFL Championship.

Despite a decent push in the season immediately after their relegation, the club fell short of getting promoted back to the English top flight.

They quickly fell into the lower midfield of the second division and have remained there since, struggling financially as well.

In 2024, Blues were relegated from the Championship to EFL League One.

In this tough time, Birmingham City decided to hire Chris Davies, a former assistant coach to Brendan Rodgers and Ange Postecoglou, as their new head coach.

Under Davies and new ownership, further disaster was averted.

With a strengthened squad and a new manager, they collected 111 points, won League One, and returned to the second tier.

However, that is only supposed to be the start; Birmingham City have bigger plans, with a return to the Premier League in their sights.

With a strong summer transfer window, which saw multiple players from the top-five leagues signed, including Marvin Ducksch and Kyogo Furuhashi, the start to the season went rather well.

It’s early days in the season yet, but Davies‘ men are currently in mid-table, just outside the playoff spots, and they look like they have a chance to reach the playoffs this season.

In this Birmingham City tactical analysis, we will examine Chris Davies tactics at Birmingham City, what the Blues did to start the season successfully, and what we can expect from the team throughout the 2025/2026 campaign.

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Dive into his 2024/25 scout report, can he elevate further to outshine expectations this season?

Samuele Ricci was highly sought after this summer.

This 2025/26 scout report looks at his role and profile, as they face Napoli today, can he be the impact midfielder they need in a tough clash?

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This 2025/2026 scout report looks at his profile: could a winger like him have helped Arsenal take three points vs Newcastle today?