If he let Neymar slip away to the Saudis of Al-Hilal, PSG welcomed Ousmane Dembélé. The two players have one thing in common that does not reassure.
Neymar’s six years at Paris Saint-Germain officially ended on Tuesday August 15, 2023. Recruited at a golden price (222 million euros) in 2017, from FC Barcelona, the Brazilian then landed in Paris with the intention to rise to the top and lead the capital club in its wake. In the end, the result is far from being up to par and the player’s repeated injuries have had something to do with it. In this summer of farewell to “Ney”, PSG was quick to sign another Barça player in the person of Ousmane Dembélé. A player with a sad point in common with Neymar.
Already linked in some way to the Brazilian since Barça had snatched him from Borussia Dortmund to compensate for the departure of Neymar to PSG, the tricolor international also has a particularly fragile physique. Of the six seasons during which he wore the Blaugrana jersey, the latter missed no less than 117 games. In comparison, the “Ney” missed 119 over the exact same period with Paris. However, and this is not more reassuring for Paris Saint-Germain supporters, the cause of the Frenchman’s injuries are not the same.
Rough Ligue 1
As Didier Roustan recalled Thursday evening on the set of the chain The Team, Ousmane Dembélé was more prone to muscle injuries. ” The difference perhaps is that Dembélé is often muscular and Neymar is blows… His famous ankles… “And the journalist also warns the former Stade Rennais about his return to Ligue 1, with tougher defenses than in Bundelisga or La Liga. ” In the Spanish championship, the shocks are less hard than in France. It’s going to be interesting to see how Dembélé slips in. I hope for him that he will not have, beyond muscular accidents, shocks that could hurt him.”
