Deschamps comments on Ousmane Dembélé’s fitness | OneFootball

Didier Deschamps (57 years old) conveyed a very telling message about Ousmane Dembélé (28 years old), the Paris Saint-Germain forward, on Téléfoot: the coach emphasizes a “decisive” and especially smiling Dembélé. As the 2026 World Cup approaches, this kind of signal is far from anecdotal.

Deschamps is not being poetic: he is preparing for his last World Cup and needs solid benchmarks. Seeing Dembélé become decisive again is good sporting news; seeing him with a “smiling body language” is an even more valuable indicator for a coach.

Because in a short competition, you don’t win just with skills: you win with players who are mentally available, who embrace their status, who perform without tensing up. And Dembélé, long associated with ups and downs, is sending precisely the opposite signal. For Deschamps, it’s concrete: a player gaining momentum with PSG, thus potentially a player ready to make an impact when the Blues enter the red zone of 2026.

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