He Paris Saint-Germain has come to a boil due to the confrontation, now public, between Luis Enrique and Ousmane Dembélé. The French player, formerly of Barcelona, has been left out of the squad for the PSG match against Arsenal in Champions League for a clash with his coach. Both had a strong discussion in private after the Parisians’ last match against Rennes.
In the press conference prior to the match against Arsenal, Luis Enrique confirmed the fire at PSG and the bad feeling with his player. «If someone, in a serious way, does not comply with the team’s obligations, it means for me he is not ready», explained the Spanish coach, asked about Dembélé on several occasions. “My goal is to seek the best for the team, that is my decision,” added Luis Enrique regarding the Frenchman’s absence for this important match against Arsenal.
One of the most striking moments of Luis Enrique’s explanation, already tired of so many questions about Ousmane Dembélé, was when he even mocked the footballer’s participation in his team, remembering that with him the team has also lost games. «It seems that we have never lost with Dembélé. “We lost in Newcastle, in Milan, in Dortmund, we also lost at home against Barça.”released Luis Enrique, who even left a moment that could well be understood as mockery of Dembélé. “Oh, how scary, huh, it’s scary”said the former Spanish coach while making gestures.
Luis Enrique acknowledged that leaving Dembélé out was “a difficult decision”, but “the best one for the team” and that “I would do it again 100 more times”. Of course, the PSG coach does not consider it to be “irreversible.” Taking advantage of the fact that many journalists asked Luis Enrique about Ousmane Dembélé, as is logical, the Asturian also returned to get hooked on the press. «You think that making a team is easy. Put the eleven players and everything flows. Making a team has a series of difficult circumstances.
🎥Luis Enrique: “it seems that we have never lost with Ousmane Dembélé. We lost in: Newcastle, in Milan, in Dortmund, at home against Barça”
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«I am going to make a team until the last day I am in Paris. A team that has an identity, that is brave, daring, that plays football well. Let him try. That he is going to win all the matches. “I can guarantee that,” added Luis Enrique in the preview of this European Cup match, explaining that “I’m not going to make a soap opera out of this.”
Of course, Luis Enrique assured that “there has not been any discussion between the player and me” and repeated that this “is totally false, it is a lie.” “There is no problem between the player and the coach, there is a problem between the player and his obligations in the team,” added Luis Enrique in that press conference at the PSG prior to the Champions League match.
