Lamine or Raphinha? New Barcelona signing speaks on Ballon d’Or race | OneFootball

Barcelona summer signing Marcus Rashford has this week provided his take on the debate surrounding the upcoming Ballon d’Or.

And the Englishman appears to share the opinion of the masses, that three players are the clear leading candidates for the award.

This includes a pair of Barcelona teammates, in Lamine Yamal, and Raphinha.

Wide-men Lamine and Raphinha are of course fresh off spectacular respective seasons in 2024/25.

En route to Barcelona clinching a domestic treble, the two wingers ran riot along the flanks, to the tune of a combined total of over 100 direct goal contributions.

Such endeavours have seen both Blaugrana stars nominated for the 2025 Ballon d’Or.

And of the opinion that either would be deserving of the prize, as alluded to above, is new teammate Marcus Rashford.

Drawn on the ‘Golden Ball’ race during an interview with Diario Sport this week, frontman Rashford explained:

”Lamine, Raphinha or [Ousmane] Dembélé. All three deserve it. They had a very, very good season.”

Conor Laird – GSFN