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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) \u2014 Paris Saint-Germain’s injury concerns were allayed ahead of the game. champions league final<\/span> They play against Arsenal on Saturday.<\/p>\nForward Ousmane Dembele suffered a calf problem in the final weeks of the season, but Ballon d’Or winner<\/span> On Friday, he said he was “100% ready, ready to go and ready to go.”<\/p>\nThere are growing concerns about the health of defender Achraf Hakimi, who has not played since injuring his right thigh in the semi-final match against Bayern Munich on April 28.<\/p>\n
However, the attacking right-back who was selected for the Moroccan national team, world cup<\/span> Hakimi was also spotted this week during training on Tuesday, where he was given the all-clear by PSG coach Luis Enrique, who said: “It’s okay, I can play tomorrow.”<\/p>\nPSG will be aiming to successfully defend the title that the team won in record-breaking fashion last year. Won against Inter Milan 5-0<\/span> \u2014 the most lopsided final in the tournament’s 70-year history.<\/p>\nDembele came on as a substitute in the first half of PSG’s most recent title-winning Ligue 1 final, a loss to Paris FC on May 17.<\/p>\n
“I wasn’t scared of missing the final,” Dembele said at a press conference at Budapest’s Puskas Arena. “As soon as I had a bad feeling (against Paris FC), I stopped.”<\/p>\n
Dembele said this season had been “very complicated for everyone at PSG” after reaching the final of last summer’s Club World Cup, with the team’s off-season being shortened and essentially playing all year round.<\/p>\n
Luis Enrique has therefore said that one of his priorities in the run-up to the final is to “manage the players’ rest times in training” as well as Arsenal’s studies.<\/p>\n
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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta also reported positive injury news, with Dutch defender Julien Timber now available for action after missing the past two-and-a-half months (14 games in all competitions) with ankle and groin injuries.<\/p>\n
Without Timber, Arsenal would have faced serious problems at right-back, with Ben White out with a knee ligament injury and ruled out of the race for England’s World Cup squad.<\/p>\n
PSG have strengthened their left flank with full-back Nuno Mendes and winger Juvica Kvaratschelia.<\/p>\n
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