With the numerous absences in the France team squad, Ousmane Dembélé is the most experienced player. But the attacking midfielder does not want to take on a leadership role. For Bixente Lizarazu, he can be a leader on the pitch and not necessarily in the locker room.
With the departure of Kylian Mbappé of
PSG, Ousmane Dembélé is one of the leaders of the capital club. With theFrench teamhe is also one of the most experienced players with recent international retirements fromOlivier Giroud or evenAntoine Griezmann. Invited to speak about the possibility for him to gain weight in the Blues locker room, number 10 of the PSG explained that he doesn’t necessarily want more responsibility off the field. Present on the set of Téléfoot,
Bixente Lizarazu explained that there is not just one leader on a team. And that the notion of leadership can be defined by several criteria.
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“Leadership is something very global”
« He can be a game leader, a technical leader, an attacking leader. Put pressure on a defense by his constant dribbling, by the accelerations he will use, which means that your defense will be under stress. It helps you to have attackers who behave like that. Leadership is something very global. You can have a leader through words. You can be a combat leader through your defensive, aggressive attitude. And a leader, as I said, attack, because you are strong in your penetrations, in your dribbling, and you are strong because you pose a permanent danger. So, there are lots of different shapes, but it’s important that you have several. »
