{"id":327959,"date":"2025-08-04T08:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T06:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/?p=327959"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:27:19","slug":"saiss-sees-hakimi-as-2025-ballon-dor-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/saiss-sees-hakimi-as-2025-ballon-dor-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Sa\u00efss Sees Hakimi as 2025 Ballon d&#8217;Or Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a video published by Al Sadd SC this week, Moroccan international and captain Romain Sa\u00efss unveiled his &#8220;Best 11 Players,&#8221; a lineup featuring the most prominent teammates from his career. While the list was filled with Moroccan and international stars, the highlight was his strong and unconditional endorsement of Achraf Hakimi, whom he nominated to win the Ballon d&#8217;Or, the prestigious award presented annually by France Football to the world&#8217;s best player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When selecting his right-back, Sa\u00efss immediately named Hakimi, his teammate from the Moroccan national team. He didn&#8217;t just mention him as a great player; he went a step further, declaring his belief that Hakimi is a strong candidate for the prestigious Ballon d&#8217;Or in 2025. Sa\u00efss&#8217;s statement, delivered with confidence and pride, highlighted Hakimi&#8217;s exceptional performance and his crucial role in recent campaigns of PSG and Morocco&#8217;s Atlas Lions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Hakimi has a great chance, Insha&#8217;Allah, to win the Ballon d&#8217;Or this season&#8221; &#8211; Romain Sa\u00efss <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This nomination adds to the growing sentiment that a new generation of players, particularly those who have excelled in a dual role on both offense and defense, are deserving of consideration for the Ballon d&#8217;Or. Hakimi&#8217;s incredible attacking output, combined with his solid defensive work, makes him a unique and compelling candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sa\u00efss&#8217;s complete &#8220;Best 11 Mates&#8221; list, which was revealed in the video, includes a mix of his former and current teammates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Goalkeeper: Yassine Bounou<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right-Back: Achraf Hakimi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Left-Back: Noussair Mazraoui<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Center-Backs: Nayef Aguerd and Medhi Benatia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Midfielders: R\u00faben Neves and Ivan Rakiti\u0107<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right Winger: Hakim Ziyech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Number 10\/Winger: Riyad Mahrez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Left Winger: Akram Afif<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Striker: Diogo Jota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While the full list is a testament to the talent Sa\u00efss has played alongside, his words about Hakimi stand out, signaling a strong belief in the right-back&#8217;s ability to reach the pinnacle of individual achievement in the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0641\u0636\u0644 11 \u0644\u0627\u0639\u0628 \u0645\u0639 \u0631\u0648\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0633\u0627\u064a\u0633 \ud83d\udd1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#\u0627\u0644\u0633\u062f<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%AF_2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#\u0645\u0639\u0633\u0643\u0631_\u0627\u0644\u0633\u062f_2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkTyFXq93M\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HkTyFXq93M<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud83c\udfc6 #81 Al Sadd SC | \u0646\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0633\u062f (@AlsaddSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlsaddSC\/status\/1951001483463561370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted on Al Sadd SC Twitter page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a video published by Al Sadd SC this week, Moroccan international and captain Romain Sa\u00efss unveiled his &#8220;Best 11 Players,&#8221; a lineup featuring the most prominent teammates from his career. While the list was filled with Moroccan and international stars, the highlight was his strong and unconditional endorsement of Achraf Hakimi, whom he nominated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":327951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1290],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-327959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327962,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327959\/revisions\/327962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mountakhab.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}