Hunger and pressing, Dembélé says PSG will be even stronger

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·27 settembre 2025

Hunger and pressing, Dembélé says PSG will be even stronger

Ousmane Dembélé, winner with Paris Saint-Germain of, notably, the 2024-2025 Champions League and the 2025 Ballon d’Or, was invited by L’Equipe to discuss the possibility of letting up after these major titles. His answer is clear and collective.

Dembélé: “We still have a lot to give for Paris Saint-Germain, big goals with the club.”

“Is there a risk of letting up after winning the Champions League, this Ballon d’Or? No, we are competitors, we want to win, again. Especially since, once you get a taste of all that, you want to keep going. It hasn’t lessened my hunger. We still have a lot to give for Paris Saint-Germain, big goals with the club. I am a competitor, I want to play at the highest possible level, win every match and lots of trophies.”

Dembélé: “If you don’t win, if you’re not hungry, with Luis Enrique, you’ll end up on the bench.”

Are you even hungrier than before? Yeah, of course. Because if you don’t win, if you’re not hungry, with Luis Enrique, you’ll end up on the bench. Or we’ll buy another player.

Your collective involvement in pressing, how do you see it? The coach asked us to do it, especially us, the forwards. Because sometimes, we would go, but not really, they would try to play out… He showed us all those videos. As the season went on, we started pressing all together. You see my pressing, but everyone does it behind. Because if I do it alone, we’re dead. It’s something we have to do and will always do. In our style of play, when we press really well, we win the ball back very quickly.”

The message is crystal clear and clearly comes from coach Luis Enrique, with the support of the whole club. There is no special status or exception, nor the idea of resting on finally having won the Champions League. Everyone’s mission remains: to give their all for the collective, to help the team perform. If someone no longer wants to buy into this idea, they will be replaced. Likewise, if they can no longer keep up with the performance demands.

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It’s tough, but that’s top-level sport. There is emotion in a club, of course. But that must not get in the way of what’s best for the team. You have to accept it, deal with this competition. PSG is very happy to have achieved a great moment in history. But there’s no question of stopping there. The ambition and collective drive are still there.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.