Luis Enrique, the non-Spanish coach of Paris Saint-Germain, has brought about a shift in the French club’s view of Lamine Yamal, the star of Barcelona and the Spanish national team.
A correspondent for the French “RMC” revealed that Luis Enrique does not currently support the idea of signing Lamine Yamal.
He also pointed out that Luis Campos, the sporting advisor of the Parisian club, shares Enrique’s opinion at the present time.
In a related context, he mentioned that Ousmane Dembélé, the PSG star and recent Ballon d’Or winner, is about to extend his contract with the Parisian club.
He clarified: “It remains at the present time for all parties to reach a common agreement.”
Ousmane Dembélé, 28 years old, joined the Parisian team in the summer of 2023 from Barcelona for 50 million euros, the value of the release clause in his contract.
In mid-July, the Catalan club announced the signing of a new contract with Lamine Yamal extending until 2031, and gave him the legendary (10) shirt worn by the club’s most prominent stars throughout its history, such as Diego Maradona, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, and Lionel Messi.
Prior to that, many press reports predicted that the Parisian club was considering signing Lamine Yamal, and spoke of the Parisian giant, the European champion this year, being prepared to pay more than 200 million euros to sign the young jewel who came second in the Ballon d’Or race as the best player in the world this year.
However, Lamine Yamal’s level has declined sharply since the beginning of the current season, and he has been technically and physically affected by the large number of injuries, which has reduced his goal-scoring rate and his assists, which were one of the main reasons for Barça’s winning the treble of the League, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup last season.
Yamal, 18, also shone in Spain’s winning the European Nations Cup “Euro 2024” in Germany, and also contributed to “La Roja” winning silver in the European Nations League after losing to Portugal on penalties in the final match, in early June.
Lamine Yamal was promoted to the first team in Barcelona at the end of the 2022-2023 season under the leadership of the former coach, Xavi Hernandez, after which Yamal became a mainstay in Xavi’s calculations in the following season, then his successor, the German Hansi Flick, who took over in the summer of 2024.
Yamal has scored 3 goals with 5 assists in 8 matches in all competitions this season, and in total he has scored 28 goals with 39 assists in 114 matches, while the young player has scored 6 goals in 23 international matches with the Spanish national team since his first appearance in September 2023.
Paris Saint-Germain, led by their Spanish coach Luis Enrique, have made 3 summer deals to strengthen the ranks of the European champion during the current 2025-2026 season. The Parisian giant focused on strengthening the defense and goalkeeping, by bringing in young elements, after the departure of a large group of players from the Parc des Princes.
Paris Saint-Germain signed the French goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, coming from Lille, and the Parisian giant also obtained the services of the Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarny, coming from Bournemouth, in addition to Renato Marin, coming from the ranks of Roma of Italy.
Paris Saint-Germain results in the 2025-2026 season
Paris Saint-Germain has achieved 6 victories since the beginning of the current season, compared to suffering one loss against their rivals Olympique Marseille with a score of (0-1) in the French Clasico, which is the match that was held in conjunction with the Ballon d’Or ceremony, after it was postponed 24 hours due to bad weather, and PSG also drew in two consecutive matches.
Paris Saint-Germain’s victories came against Nantes and Angers with one result (1-0) in the first two rounds, then they swept Toulouse (6-3), and won against Lens (2-0), before defeating Auxerre (2-0).
Before the international break in October, the Parisian giant drew away from home against Lille (1-1) and then drew again with Strasbourg (3-3) among its fans in the Parc des Princes, temporarily losing the top of the standings, which it later managed to regain on Saturday evening by achieving a victory over Brest, and finally drew with Lorient, then won with difficulty against Nice in its efforts to win the local title for the fifth season in a row.
At the continental level, the Parisian giant played 4 matches, in which it came out victorious with a full mark, where it began by winning the European Super Cup by winning on penalties against Tottenham Hotspur of England on penalties after the end of the original time in a 2-2 draw.
In the first three rounds of the league stage of the Champions League competition, San German began the campaign to defend the title by achieving three consecutive victories, where they swept Atalanta of Italy by four in the Parc des Princes, defeated Barcelona of Spain with a score of 2-1 in Montjuïc, and swept Bayer Leverkusen with a score of 7-2 in Germany.
