Mbappé Exit: Luis Enrique Faces PSG Pressure

Thibault Morlain
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Journalist

After trying to different sports, Thibault turns to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and journalist, the qualities have tipped the scales on one side. Here he is now within the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Communication Institute in Paris.

Last summer, PSG therefore lost big with the departure of Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid. If we feared the worst, Luis Enrique was not worried and he was right. The Parisian coach knew how to make the most of his players, starting with Ousmane Dembélé. The number 10 of PSG had an XXL season, it must be said that at the beginning of it, Luis Enrique had not failed to put a big pressure on him.

Kylian Mbappé gone Real MadridPSG had to reinvent itself. This is how last season, Luis Enrique emphasized the collective and it worked with this highlight in the Champions League. So no need to Mbappé to triumph even if Paris was able to count on very large players. It was in particular the case withOusmane Dembélé Who made a second part of the XXL season which today makes him the favorite for the Ballon d’Or.

Luis Enrique threatened Dembélé!

Au PSG, Ousmane Dembélé So has perfectly forgotten the departure of Kylian Mbappé. Luis Enrique was also a lot on his number 10 and he had not failed to make him clearly know at the start of last season. Indeed, for FourFourTwo, Dembelé revealed the big pressure stroke received by Luis Enriqueconfident : ” The coach told me at the start of the season I had to help and be an example. He told me that if I was not a leader by example, I would lose my place in the starting eleven. So I knew I had to put the team first and that’s exactly what I did ».

“Luis Enrique did not tell me to be selfish, it’s almost the opposite”

« Contrary to what I could say, I was a little more selfish last season, which is why I scored more goals. But since I was small, I have always thought of the team, to play collective. I think this is one of the reasons why I have made such a great season. (…) Luis Enrique did not tell me to be selfish, it is almost the opposite. He told me that when I am in front of the goal, if I can’t shoot and someone is better positioned than me, I had to make the pass. This is how he sees things and what he told me. He repeated it to me. Of course he is happy that I score goals because an attacker must score. He did not ask me to be selfish but to focus on the team and that after the goals would naturally come “, Also explained Ousmane Dembélé About its XXL season made with the PSG.