Paris Saint-Germain resumed hands in the showdown with the French Football Federation (FFF) after the injuries of Désiré Doué and Ousmane Dembélé occurred during the Rally of the Blues. According to The teamthe capital's club expressed its “Deep concern” In a letter addressed to the FFF on September 4, believing that the past medical management of its players had been insufficient. The reaction of PSG is part of a desire to protect its players by emphasizing the need for a more transparent and collaborative medico-sport coordination protocol between clubs and national selection. The press release published on Sunday morning insists on “Serious and avoidable facts”recalling that the club had transmitted precise information on the workload bearable by its players and the risks of injuries upstream, without these recommendations having been followed by the medical staff of the French team.
The case takes on a wider dimension when examining the context of previous similar episodes. The team Recalls that PSG had already expressed its dissatisfaction last June after the injuries of Barcola and Dembélé, as well as in September 2024 for Zaïre-Emery. The club highlights the lack of consultation with its medical team before international meetings, a particularly sensitive point before the match against Ukraine (2-0). Despite a denial of the French team on these accusations, specifying that a meeting between the doctor of PSG and Franck Le Gall took place on Saturday, PSG maintains his position and insists on the lack of prior dialogue concerning the state of Dembélé and gifted, at a time when the UNFP is mounted in the niche to defend the position of the Parisian club.
Diallo is not going to let it go
This PSG offensive could also find an echo with other clubs, French as foreigners, faced with similar situations in the past. The team evokes the case of Karim Benzema before the 2022 World Cup, which had already highlighted certain tensions around the medical management of players in selection. The Parisian club seems to play a strategic card here. By publicly attacking the medical staff of the Blues, he hopes not only to protect his own players but also put pressure for the establishment of stricter rules concerning coordination between clubs and selection. The controversy thus exceeds the simple individual management of injuries and could have repercussions on the way in which clubs and selection communicate in the future.
So far, no direct meeting has taken place between Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of PSG, and Philippe Diallo, president of the FFF. The team emphasizes that apart from the official letter addressed to the Federation, no global dialogue was engaged between the two parties. However, Philippe Diallo has planned to respond to the PSG letter. The follow -up of the Parisian players still present in the group, Bradley Barcola and Lucas Hernandez, as well as the goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, will be scrutinized up close on Tuesday against Iceland, in particular the management of Barcola, holder against Ukraine. The outcome of this rally could intensify the debates and tensions, which should be extended until the next convocations of Didier Deschamps in October and November, when his choices and the management of Parisian players will be particularly observed by clubs and the media.
