Dembele dominated the voting to be named the 2025 Player of the Year.
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He told TF1: "I've been sleeping with it since yesterday. It's an immense joy, the recognition of the work I've done. As soon as they called my name, it was an immense joy.
"I didn't want to cry, but the tension kept growing. With my mother, who raised me alone and who's been there since my debut. She, my mother, is exceptional."