Ousmane Dembele, Winchester City and the Ballon d'Or
Ousmane Dembele, Winchester City and the Ballon d'Or You are probably wondering where on earth this is going. But, these three entities are in fact intertwined by a virtual fairytale that has become quite a real relationship between one of the world's biggest football stars and a humble non-league club in Hampshire. The thread that stitches this story together is the popular computer game Football Manager, in which Ousmane Dembele digitally took Winchester City on a journey right to the top of the English game while representing France at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In a video posted by the France national team, external on social media during the tournament, Dembele is seen sat on a plane with France team-mate Antoine Griezmann as they joke about bringing the World Cup to Winchester. "We had a bit of back and forth with him at the time, but obviously since then it all went quiet,"…