Ousmane Dembélé is having a somewhat complicated start to the season. If we put aside his masterclass against Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League on September 9, the 2025 Ballon d’Or is still quite far from his usual level. At Paris Saint-Germain, but also with the Blues, he who started two of the three matches contested by Zinédine Zidane’s troops so far.
A misfortune which has not gone unnoticed, and which also brings back to the table the debate of the player’s performances under the tricolor tunic. “Good evening Ousmane, I have two words to say to you. You are the Ballon d’or but it was a Parisian Ballon d’or. There is too big a difference between what you produce with Paris and what you continue to fail to produce with the France team. It seems like you can’t take ownership of this team. It was the perfect circumstances without Kylian, especially since Zidane placed you in the best conditions, at the forefront. You return to your old demons with technical errors, an inability to frame your shots. We’re waiting for you around the corner, it’s up to you to play Ousmane”launched for example the columnist of The Team Dave Appadoo.
Dembélé wants to do better
And how does the main person concerned experience this situation? RMC Sport reveals that the player is rather calm. He is used to facing criticism, as was the case previously in his career, notably at Barcelona, and is therefore not more disturbed than that. On the other hand, he is aware that he must do better.
The media thus explains that the player himself did not appreciate his performance against the Italian selection on Friday, and that he clearly wants to do better against Belgium. He knows he can perform much better, and wants to prove it. It remains to be seen if Zizou will prepare a surprise in terms of the player’s positioning against the Red Devils, while the latter says he is ready to play in 9 as on the right as he made known in an interview given to Téléfoot. See you Monday evening.
