What Micoud said about Dembélé's performance at PSG was not leaked

Ousmane Dembélé's origin is French, but his adaptation to Ligue 1, with PSG, is not being as easy as that of two other former Barça teammates such as Neymar and Leo Messi. The international winger 'bleu' left a team in which his coach, of euros. It seemed, at first, that it was going to be Barça that was going to miss Dembélé the most, but a few months later it was actually the other way around.

In fact, in the Barça club few remember him anymore after the emergence of the sixteen-year-old Lamine Yamal. Meanwhile, public and published opinion in France is beginning to criticize the 26-year-old winger. “His performance was a real disappointment," described L'Equipe, the leading sports media in France, when evaluating his performance against Scotland in the last game with the 'bleu' team; in general, in line with the season.

"We expected him to create imbalances, make differences one-on-one and be creative. It is true that last week he felt discomfort in his thigh, but we didn't see any of that. There was an inopportune pass in the 31st minute and a successful change for Mbappé, in the 60th, but it was too little," argued L'Equipe. Since his arrival to Luis Enrique Martínez's team, the Frenchman has not had a great performance either. 

Something that was presumed to help Kylian Mbappé, the great figure of the team, in the task of defining the matches that the club has. His figures are not that remarkable, even without taking into account his high expectations: 0 goals and 2 assists in 9 games in all competitions. His weight in the offensive game of the French team and in PSG is very relative. In Barcelona he was already being singled out for finishing very little of how much and well he started.

What Micoud said about Dembele

“I have had serious doubts about Dembélé for months, even years. At Barça, although he didn't have great statistics, he created things, he made a difference. Since he has been at PSG he has not created much, he does not generate statistics. There are many things it doesn't do. I think he has lost confidence, he is no longer forceful in his dribbling, sometimes he has one on one at PSG and he doesn't do it. This is already worrying because if he is no longer going to play with his qualities, then he is no longer of much use," criticized Johan Micoud.