Ousmane Dembele is placing speak of him profitable the Ballon d’Or to the again of his thoughts as he appears to be like 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 objectives 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.
“If you find yourself a PSG participant, what’s vital is to take house the silverware such because the Champions League,” Dembele advised 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 prevented the humiliation of exiting the revamped event within the league section, 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 aspect that beat Bayern Munich within the quarter-finals earlier than profitable 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 last. They’re bodily, know find out how to defend, find out how to rise up entrance, so we now have a robust opponent.
“I’ve ready properly for this last. Since I used to be a child, I’ve been dreaming of taking part in on this recreation.
“We have now to stay focused on the sport, on the workforce, on myself. I hope we’ll have the ability to produce a implausible efficiency.”
