Paris Saint-Germain is experiencing an unprecedented 2025/2026 season. The capital club had to start its exercise without having had a pre-season, because of the Club World Cup. Result: if the sporting performances are there (PSG is first in the L1 ranking and the Champions League ranking), the Rouge et Bleu have a string of injuries. The day before yesterday, it was Désiré Doué who found himself on his side, just a few days after leaving the infirmary. Enough to push Luis Enrique to consider resting other executives, like Ousmane Dembélé? On the eve of facing Nice for the 11th day of L1, the Spaniard dotted the i’s.
“No problem for Ousmane. For Doué’s injury, we are concerned every day about the health of the players. It’s part of professional football. They can do their job, but injuries are part of a player’s life. In serious terms, it was positive because we are trying to recover all the players. At the moment, only him is injured, but it’s not pretty to see a player injured, but I think we’re getting players back, it’s very positive for us.”he declared, before ensuring that Doué’s new injury had not triggered a psychodrama within PSG.
“If you think about not being injured, you can’t be a professional player”
” No. What I think is that all players must accept it as part of the job. If you think about not getting injured, you can’t be a professional player in any sport. » On the other hand, Luis Enrique confided that he was willing to offer his players the same treatment that Achraf Hakimi received. An indestructible PSG player, the Moroccan right-back was entitled to several days of rest this week, after the match against Brest. A moment of recovery which he took advantage of to go to Madrid to watch the Clasico for example.
“Of course, I am very open in these exchanges. I seek to improve the individual performance of each player. I am open to resting players. If he needs rest, for me it’s not a problem, we have a different mentality. The players can speak with me and the staff. It depends on each case. It happened some time ago with Ousmane and Kylian (Mbappé), it was controversial for journalists, as it often is. I am open to my players. Having three or seven days off is not a problem for me”. To the wise…
