PSG drop star attacker from squad to face Arsenal after 'heated' bust-up with Luis Enrique

Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique is understood to have dropped Ousmane Dembele from his squad to face Arsenal in the Champions League on Tuesday after a heated clash between the pair.

Dembele has been in dazzling form this season with four goals and four assists in just six appearances in Ligue 1, including creating the opening goal in Friday's 3-1 win over his old side Rennes.

However, as first revealed by RMC Sport and subsequently backed up elsewhere, the game ended in frustration as Dembele, who was substituted late on, found himself embroiled in a heated clash with the coach.

Enrique is believed to have taken issue with some of Dembele's actions on the pitch and was left unimpressed by the Frenchman's response to his comments, which ended up in a feisty altercation between the two.

The PSG boss has since decided to drop Dembele from his travelling squad as punishment, meaning the French side will be without a player who sits second on both their goal and assist charts for the trip to Arsenal.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, left-back Nuno Mendes and midfielders Vitinha and Desire Doue have, however, all returned to the group as PSG search for a second victory in the Champions League, having seen off Girona 1-0 in the opening round of fixtures.

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