Ballon d'Or winner 'leaked', with Ousmane Dembele set to collect Ballon d'Or WITHOUT team-mates in attendance: report

By Mark White

Ballon d'Or winner 'leaked', with Ousmane Dembele set to collect Ballon d'Or WITHOUT team-mates in attendance: report

Ousmane Dembele will be in attendance to collect his Ballon d'Or (Image credit: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

Ousmane Dembele will be in attendance to receive the Ballon d'Or tonight - without his Paris Saint-Germain team-mates.

Following the full list of 30 nominees for the men's award being revealed last month, only 11 clubs have been represented.

But despite the likes of Achraf Hakimi, Desire Doue, Nunes Mendes, Joao Neves, Vitinha and Fabian Ruiz also receiving nods for PSG's maiden European title, the French champions won't be present for the ceremony.

After severe weather conditions led to the postponement of PSG's away trip to Marseille at the weekend, Luis Enrique's team will play the fixture tonight instead.

Le Classique is among the biggest games in the Ligue 1 calendar and unfortunately clashes with France Football's glitzy do, but with Dembele nursing a knock picked up on international duty, the 28-year-old may still be around to collect the Golden Ball.

Last year, Real Madrid cancelled their delegation in the 11th hour upon hearing that Vincius Jr was no going to win the gong - so France Football are keeping the identity of tonight's winner under wraps to avoid another leak.

2006 winner Ronaldinho, formerly of PSG and Barça, doesn't give much away as to whether Dembele or Yamal will triumph tonight.

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