Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Tuesday, October 7, 2025 23:05 / Updated Tuesday, October 2025 23:22
The third major conflict between the European Champion and the leadership of the French Football Federation (FFF) broke out before the action of Didier Deschamps's team in October. After the heated discussions about the injuries of Ousmane Dembele and Desire two, controversies about Bradley Barcola's medical problems appeared.
It all starts from the series of injuries of PSG's international, which led to mutual misunderstandings and harsh statements, on both sides. On Monday, a public dispute was triggered in relation to the “Barcola case”, after the conflict last month with Dembele and two as protagonists.
“Chronic lesion at the right thigh, published after the Champions League match on September 17 with Atalanta”
Luis Enrique's entire line of attack has reached the infirmary, And the accusations and assumptions formulated have dynamit the relations between the club in the capital of France and FFF.
Ousmane Dembele / PHOTO: Getty Images
On the first day of the Les Bleus canton, the boat arrived at Clairefontaine with the results of the medical exams performed in the respective morning at the request of PSG, which revealed a muscular injury to the right thigh.
It was the proof written in support of the club's request not to keep it in Deschamps's batch for the two qualifying matches at the World Cup. Yesterday afternoon, FFF gave Barcola's way, however, stating that he discovered a “Chronic lesion at the right thigh, published after the Champions League match on September 17 with Atalanta.”
The announcement took angry at PSG, who issued a statement in the evening, explaining that the club “He found out with astonishment” by the declaration of the federation, challenging its conclusions regarding the “chronic injury”.
L'Equipe: “The boat was already uncertain before entering the match with Lille, having pain since the previous week.”
PSG suggests that Bradley Barcola would have been injured during the last championship match on Sunday, in Lille, where he was replaced in the 57th minute. According to L'Equipe, “the player was already uncertain before entering the field, with pain from the previous week.”
Barcola falls into the box, pushed from rear by konate / photo: Imago
PSG complains that FFF NA respected “medical confidentiality”, while the French press writes that behind the contradictory exchange of communications is the unresolved problem last month, when both Dembélé and two were injured during the match against Ukraine.
Both became unavailable for more than a month and a halfso PSG has to play without two thirds of the titular attack in the Champions League. For this reason, the Parisian club has publicly requested better management and communication regarding the health of the players.
This time, the Deschamps selector preferred not to insist on the barcola, but his colleagues, Chevalier and Lucas Hernandez, remain in the national team.
