A French press report revealed exciting details regarding the recent injury of Ousmane Dembélé, Paris Saint-Germain star and winner of the Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world this year.
Dembélé suffered a leg muscle injury during his team’s match against Bayern Munich, which ended in a 2-1 victory for the Bavarian team last Tuesday in the Champions League, forcing him to leave the field after only 25 minutes.
The newspaper “Le Parisien” indicated in a report that Dembélé will be out of the stadiums for several weeks.
It added, “While Paris Saint-Germain has not specified the degree of muscle injury, which ranges between 0 and 4, Dembélé’s injury requires caution regarding the length of his absence, but his return may be at the end of November, and a new assessment of his condition is expected within two weeks to determine a more accurate training program.”
It continued, “There is no room for risk, especially since Dembélé has not been in good condition over the past week, and the team’s coach, Spaniard Luis Enrique, made a mistake in the decision to include him, and it was confirmed that the player needs to gradually return to participate in training and matches.”
It stated, “With the exception of a worrying injury in November 2024, Ousmane Dembélé did not suffer any physical setbacks between August 2024 and May 2025, except for minor muscle pains he suffered a month before the Champions League final, but the pressure of the match schedule and the recurrence of muscle injuries will push the Parisian club to recalculate its handling of Dembélé.”
It explained that in the past six months, the French international star has been absent from the stadiums for more than two months, witnessing more than 15 matches due to recurring muscle pains from time to time, and confirmed that the player is very frustrated by the recurrence of his muscle injuries, and does not accept the matter with an open heart as rumored.
It stated that Dembélé (28 years old) feels frustrated by his inability to play constantly, but he is still convinced that better days are coming and that he will soon survive these setbacks that he has suffered for several weeks, and he has great confidence in the private physical trainer who works under his supervision outside the team’s training headquarters over the past three years.
“Le Parisien” concluded its report that Ousmane Dembélé has gained maturity over time, which has made him deal better with the difficult periods he is going through.
Injury disaster strikes Paris
In addition to Dembélé, the Parisian club suffers from a large number of injuries among the team’s stars, as Moroccan star Ashraf Hakimi, the right-back of Paris Saint-Germain, stands out as one of the injured in the ranks of the French club after the 1-2 loss against Bayern Munich, last Tuesday, in the fourth round of the Champions League.
PSG issued an official statement on the medical condition of four players, namely: Hakimi, Ousmane Dembélé, Nuno Mendes, and Desire Doue, confirming that they will be absent from the team for the coming weeks, and will miss their countries’ national teams during the international break for November.
The statement revealed that Ashraf Hakimi is suffering from a severe sprain in his left ankle, which will prevent him from playing for several weeks.
The statement added: “Ousmane Dembélé has suffered a leg muscle injury and will implement a treatment program for the coming weeks, while Nuno Mendes is suffering from a sprain in his left knee and will remain under medical care for the next few weeks.”
The Parisian club concluded its statement that Desire Doue is continuing his rehabilitation program to recover from a thigh muscle injury, and updates on the condition of the four players will be revealed after the end of the international break.”
Details of Hakimi’s painful injury
The Moroccan star suffered a very strong injury during the match against Bayern Munich, which ended with the Bavarian team winning 2-1, on Tuesday evening, at the Parc des Princes, in the fourth round of the league stage of the UEFA Champions League competition.
In the first minute of stoppage time in the first half, Hakimi set off with the ball from the right side, but was subjected to a very violent intervention from Colombian Luis Diaz, the Bayern Munich star, who received a warning.
But the Moroccan international star cried very bitterly as a result of the severity of the injury to his left ankle, while the match referee returned to the “VAR” video assistant technology to amend his decision and expel Luis Diaz.
Ashraf Hakimi, who celebrated his twenty-seventh birthday yesterday, was unable to stand on his feet and left the field relying on his teammates and the medical staff of Saint-Germain.
Spanish coach Luis Enrique, the coach of Paris Saint-Germain, was forced to replace Ashraf Hakimi and bring in Sini Mayolu in the sixth minute of stoppage time.
Saint-Germain between injury wounds and Lyon’s difficult test
Paris Saint-Germain, the holder of the French League title, enters the match against host Lyon on Sunday evening in the twelfth stage of the competition, burdened by its first continental loss this season and the continued curse of injuries that have hit its ranks, at a time when Marseille is watching any new stumble to pounce on the lead.
After its first local fall against Marseille on September 22, in a match in which a number of its stars and Spanish coach Luis Enrique were absent due to injuries and preoccupations with the Ballon d’Or ceremony, Saint-Germain received a new blow in the middle of the week with its loss to Bayern Munich (1-2) in the Champions League, the tournament it holds the title of.
Bayern’s loss was not just a passing stumble, but it came at a cost on the human level, as the team lost the services of its French striker Ousmane Dembélé and its Moroccan right-back Ashraf Hakimi during the match, before the injury of Portuguese left-back Nuno Mendes was later announced, so the specter of injuries that plagued the team since its continental coronation last season returned.
