Paris – Just months after realizing a career peak by claiming the 2025 Ballonโฃ d’Or, Ousmane Dembรฉlรฉ’s playing time has โฃbeen โseverely curtailed byโฃ recurringโ injury issues, โcasting a shadow over his future โperformance for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). The winger’s triumph followed a stellar season โwhere he spearheadedโ PSG’s domestic dominance โคand โChampions League victory,โฃ contributing 35 goalsโฃ and 16โค assists in 53โ appearances.
The irony โof Dembรฉlรฉ’s situation โคlies in the timing: achieving the sport’s highest individual honour while concurrently battlingโ a persistent physical โsetback. while receiving the Ballon d’or,โค Dembรฉlรฉ was already in recovery from aโข hamstring injury, a โcondition that has plaguedโ his career โsince 2018, sidelining him for dozens of matches.โ This latest setback raises concerns about his ability to maintain the form โthat earnedโ him the award and contribute consistently to PSG’sโข ambitions.
Dembรฉlรฉ’s return to theโ pitch โfollowing โฃtheโฃ Ballonโ d’Or ceremony has โbeen โฃlimited. โขHe โhas featuredโ in only โขfiveโค matches โ- three in Ligue 1 andโ two โคin the Champions League – withoutโ completing a full 90 minutes in any of them.
Hisโ most recent injury occured during PSG’s match against Bayern โMunich โขon November 5th, forcing his substitution in theโ 25th minute. the nature of the injury is currently under evaluation,withโ uncertainty โsurroundingโ whether it is a recurrence of the existing hamstring issue or a new problem.โฃ The club has yetโฃ to announce a recovery timeline, leaving questions about Dembรฉlรฉ’s availability for crucial โฃupcoming fixtures and perhaps impacting his 2025/26 season.
