Dembele reveals details of Messi's message to him after winning the Ballon d'Or
French star Ousmane Dembele, winger of Paris Saint-Germain's first football team, revealed the details of a special message he received after winning the 2025 Ballon d'Or.
Dembele won the 2025 Ballon d'Or after a remarkable season with Paris Saint-Germain, crowning it with the French League, French Cup, Champions League, and European Super Cup titles.
Dembele received many congratulatory messages after winning the Ballon d'Or, most notably a congratulation from his compatriot Kylian Mbappe, Real Madrid star, in addition to other messages from his teammates in the national team and club.
Dembele: I received a message from Messi
Dembele said, in a statement highlighted by French newspaper L'Équipe from an interview with "France Football" magazine: "Messi sent me a congratulatory message right after I won the Ballon d'Or".
Argentine Lionel Messi, the current Inter Miami star and former Barcelona player, is the player with the most Ballon d'Or awards, having won it 8 times during his career.
Dembele previously played with Lionel Messi when the duo were at Barcelona, before the Argentine left in the summer of 2021, to move to Paris Saint-Germain, and then to Inter Miami.
How many points did Dembele get?
Dembele received 1380 points in the vote cast by journalists in the Ballon d'Or race, and he also received 73 first-place votes.
