PSG’s injury concerns clear up with Dembélé and Hakimi healthy for Champions League final
BUDAPEST: Paris Saint-Germain’s injury worries have cleared up ahead of the Champions League final against Arsenal on Saturday. PSG forward Ousmane Dembélé has been managing a calf issue in the final weeks of the season but the reigning Ballon d’Or winner said Friday he is “100 percent ready and raring to go.” There was more concern about the health of defender Achraf Hakimi, who hasn’t played since sustaining a right thigh injury against Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League semifinals on April 28. However, the attacking right back, who was selected by Morocco for the World Cup this week, was also spotted in training on Tuesday and has been given the all-clear by PSG coach Luis Enrique, who said Hakimi was “OK and able to play tomorrow.” PSG will be looking to successfully defend the title the team won in record-breaking fashion last year with a 5-0 win over Inter Milan — the most lopsided final in the competition’s 70-year history. Dembélé was substituted in the first half of PSG’s final game in their latest title-winning campaign in the French league, a loss to Paris FC on May 17. “I wasn’t scared about missing the final,” Dembélé told a news conference at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.