How I Wasted Five Years Of My Life – Dembele Recounts

By Oladosu Oluwagbenga 

Barcelona player Ousmane Dembele claimed that the five years he lost to injury setbacks were the worst of his life.

The Barcelona winger admitted he feels like he’s lost five years of his life and talked about how difficult it is to stay in shape.

“From 2017 to 2021 I wasted my time enormously,” RMC Sport. “I have lost five years of my life. I had to work to be able to play, to be healthy and to be able to perform little by little.

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“I’ve had a lot of hamstring injuries. The trainers insisted to me that if I didn’t work more, I was going to relapse. With Koeman I started to improve and with Xavi it has gone better. When I came to Barca I was younger, of course I went out, but not as much as people say or as people imagine.”

Dembele has experienced severe injury problems since moving to Barcelona for a fee of €105 million. He has, however, found a run of fitness under Ronald Koeman and, most recently, Xavi, and has at last started to display his talents.

Dembele will play in two matches for the French national team before returning to Barcelona with his sights set firmly on the World Cup.