Dembele set for PSG return after six weeks out

Ballon d’Or victor Ousmane Dembele is successful enactment to marque his instrumentality from wounded for Paris Saint Germain against Bayer Leverkusen successful the Champions League, a root adjacent to the nine told AFP connected Monday.

The quality volition travel arsenic a invited boost for PSG manager Luis Enrique, whose broadside has been struggling with injuries this season.

Dembele, 28, has been retired for six weeks with a hamstring occupation helium suffered connected planetary work with France successful aboriginal September.

He had been recuperating astatine a specializer session successful Qatar and returned to grooming past week.

He missed retired connected PSG’s entertaining 3-3 gully against Strasbourg connected Friday but is portion of the archetypal squad squad for Tuesday’s lucifer successful Germany, the root said.

PSG published images of Dembele grooming usually connected Saturday.

The reigning European and French champions welcomed backmost forwards Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who was a substitute, against Strasbourg.

They are, however, inactive missing midfield duo Fabian Ruiz and Joao Neves, though immoderate media person reported that skipper Marquinhos has travelled to Germany with the squad.

“I don’t cognize erstwhile the injured players volition return,” Luis Enrique had said connected Thursday, adding that the nine did not privation to “take risks with the players’ health”.

They person made a beardown commencement to their Champions League defence, beating Atalanta and Barcelona successful their opening 2 matches, portion Leverkusen drew with FC Copenhagen and PSV Eindhoven.

The station Dembele acceptable for PSG instrumentality aft six weeks out appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.