Paris Saint-Germain could have Ousmane Dembele fit for their Champions League semi-final second leg against Arsenal at the Parc Des Princes on Wednesday.
. The first of those arrived during the first leg win as Dembele was taken off with a potential hamstring problem.
It was later revealed that Presnel Kimpembe was also dealing with an issue and
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"Victim of bone edema in the 2nd metatarsal of his [Kimpembe's] right foot, will remain at rest for the next few weeks," their read. "Ousmane Dembele has strained his right hamstring. His condition is progressing well. A further assessment will be carried out shortly."
With a near-fully rotated starting XI deployed away at Strasbourg, PSG were beaten by Chelsea's sister-club and
At half-time, both Lucas Hernandez and Lee Kang-in were substituted with the latter's potential issue seeming more serious.
According to , he was finding it difficult to run after a strong challenge and now a new update on his fitness has come to light.
After picking up the injury on Saturday, he missed training on Sunday and is expected to also be absent for Monday's session with PSG staff set to monitor his condition. This has seen him become a huge doubt to play.
While his potential absence is far from ideal for PSG, they have received some very good news on Dembele's physical state with reporting he is ‘most likely fit’ to face Arsenal and that his chances of returning are ‘looking increasingly high’.
In north London meanwhile, Jurrien Timber was absent from the matchday squad against Bournemouth
Asked if he was confident of the Dutchmen returning against PSG, the Arsenal boss said: "At the moment, no because he wasn't able to play here and we play in four days." football.london understands
Elsewhere, one of Riccardo Calafiori, Jorginho or even Kai Havertz could return for the clash in Paris with Arteta refusing to rule all of them out last Friday. Gabriel Jesus, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Gabriel Magalhaes will definitely miss the knockout tie, however.