Ousmane Dembele is placing discuss of him successful the Ballon d’Or to the again of his thoughts as he seems to assist Paris Saint-Germain safe Champions League glory with victory over Inter Milan.
Dembele has loved an impressive season for Luis Enrique’s males, scoring 33 targets and offering 11 assists to assist PSG to a second successive Ligue 1 and Coupe de France double, and to the brink of a long-awaited first Champions League title.
His prolific kind has put him within the thick of the dialog for world soccer’s most prestigious particular person honour.
However the former Barcelona ahead confirmed little curiosity in questions surrounding how a Champions League title would assist his trigger.
“When you find yourself a PSG participant, what’s essential is to take dwelling the silverware such because the Champions League,” Dembele instructed a pre-match press convention.
“I’m targeted on the workforce, not particular person trophies. It [Ballon d’Or] is at the back of thoughts, however I wish to deal with the workforce.”
PSG narrowly averted the humiliation of exiting the revamped event within the league part, however have knocked out Premier League golf equipment Liverpool, Aston Villa and Arsenal en path to reaching the ultimate.
However the Allianz Area showpiece will see them tackle an Inter facet that beat Bayern Munich within the quarter-finals earlier than successful a semi-final epic with Barca.
“Since January, we now have actually had a change of mindset and we wish to proceed now and get the victory and we’re very excited concerning the recreation,” Dembele added.
“Inter is a superb workforce that deserves to be within the closing. They’re bodily, know the best way to defend, the best way to stand up entrance, so we now have a robust opponent.
“I’ve ready properly for this closing. Since I used to be a child, I’ve been dreaming of enjoying on this recreation.
“Now we have to stay targeting the sport, on the workforce, on myself. I hope we’ll be capable of produce a improbable efficiency.”