Al Khelaifi supports Luis Enrique in Dembele case
Luis Enrique is the coach of Paris Saint-Germain and no one interferes with his decisions, not even Nasser Al Khelaifi, who has given him every authority since signing him in June 2023 to avoid past mistakes. The president of the Paris national team fully supports the call-up of Ousmane Dembele for the match against Arsenal for disciplinary reasons – a very personal decision of the Asturian coach.
Al Khelaifi also had nothing to do with Kylian Mbappe’s replacements last season after the striker privately told him in February that he would not be renewing his relationship with PSG in June. “If Al Khelaifi interferes even a little in Luis Enrique’s decisions, the coach will leave immediately,” they repeat in the noble district of the capital’s club..
The fact that Dembele is left out of the squad for a match as important for PSG as the one against Arsenal sends a message to the rest of the squad. Since Luis Enrique landed in Paris, he has been tired of repeating that no player, regardless of his status, is above the institution. and that, moreover, his actions speak louder than his words, as evidenced by the incident with the former Barcelona player.
On Friday after the match with Rennes, Luis Enrique and Dembele got into a heated discussion because, according to L’EquipeA resident of Gijon accused the football player of several decisions in the game that he did not like. When the response from the young Rennes player came, of course, the Paris Saint-Germain coach was angry decided to exclude him from the team.
PSG no longer tolerates any disrespect, no matter how minimal, in order to try to become a team where non-sporting problems do not affect the team’s performance. Once a headache for the club from the French capital, with the arrival of Luis Enrique, discipline has become an absolute internal priority. Therefore, Dembele should think twice the next time he tries to question the authority of the coach and, above all, the organization.
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