The Ballon d’Or looked destined to head Mohamed Salah’s way at various stages of the season with an incredible tally of goals and assists as Liverpool looked destined for a haul of silverware.
However, as Liverpool could only scoop the Premier League Ousmane Dembele has rocketed into odds-on favourite after a spectacular season helping PSG land the Champions League, Ligue 1 title and the French Cup.
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Raphinha was the big favourite narrowly ahead of Kylian Mbappe when the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Liverpool were still in with a shout of landing the domestic and European title doubles.
However, Lamine Yamal is not ruled out at all at 3/1 as the young Barcelona winger has shown incredible talent through the year.
Barcelona scored a staggering 102 goals in La Liga this year – Lamal assisted 13 of those and even scored nine, while Raphinha assisted nine and scored 18 towards that tally.
They also contributed to to a very successful domestic campaign winning not only the La Liga title but also the Copa del Rey and the Supercopa de España.
However, the Champions League is such a big marker for success Dembele is the deserved odds-on favourite.
The Frenchman scored eight and assisted six in the UCL this season while also scoring 21 goals in just 29 appearances in Ligue 1.
Now Mohamed Salah is down to third favourite at a huge 8/1 price, which seemed to never be on the cards just a few weeks ago.
Ballon d’Or winner odds
- Ousmane Dembele – 9/4
- Lamine Yamal – 11/4
- Mohamed Salah – 8/1
- Raphinha – 12/1
- BAR – 14/1
View full list of Ballon d’Or winner odds HERE
That being said Salah could still take the accolade given his incredible tally of goal involvements in all competitions this season.
The Egyptian winger had 47 goal involvements (29 goals / 18 assists) in the Premier League and seven (3 goals / 4 assists) in the Champions League for a total of 54 in two competitions alone on the biggest stages.
PSG’s rise in dominance this season has been incredible too so much so that Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is into 14/1 to win the prize.
He was instrumental for Napoli in the first half of the season, who went on to win the Serie A, and was then heavily involved in PSG’s Champions League winning run when he signed for the French side
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