Hakimi injured again – should the PSG and Morocco powerhouse take a breather?

Achraf Hakimi is awaiting the results of his scan aft coming disconnected injured against Brest, and pursuing 2 injuries past season, questions are being raised implicit the Morocco international's carnal condition.

Paris Saint-Germain yet secured their archetypal Ligue 1 triumph of the play connected Sunday, beating Brest 1-0, but Achraf Hakimi did not decorativeness the match. The Moroccan full-back was struggling successful the archetypal half, tried to continue, and past asked to beryllium substituted successful the 39th minute.

Luis Enrique referred to discomfort successful the adductor, without being capable to corroborate the severity earlier further examination. With conscionable a week to spell earlier facing Marseille successful Le Classique, the withdrawal is capable to rise concern.

Hakimi's fittingness sends different informing sign

This latest setback successful Brittany is not an isolated case. According to Transfermarkt's records, Hakimi missed 22 matches done wounded successful 2025-26: 17 pursuing a terrible ankle sprain sustained successful November, and a further 5 owed to a thigh occupation successful the spring.

Those 2 absences, totalling 80 days, opposition with the representation of a subordinate susceptible of playing astatine highly precocious strength lucifer aft match, arsenic helium did successful 2024-25.

That said, it would beryllium premature to abruptly statement him arsenic 'fragile' - an ankle sprain caused by a dense tackle from Luis Diaz is intelligibly a antithetic benignant of contented to a muscular injury.

His erstwhile run had nevertheless already raised questions implicit the interaction of injuries during a peculiarly demanding twelvemonth with Morocco. Hakimi had been forced into a contention against clip to beryllium acceptable for the Africa Cup of Nations, earlier starting different to beryllium disposable for the Champions League last and past the World Cup.

There are besides doubts implicit his output. Hakimi continues to screen plentifulness of ground, but his power successful the last 3rd appears little accordant than during his 2024-25 season.

L'Equipe noted past week that helium was progressive successful a decisive enactment erstwhile each 335 minutes successful 2026, compared to erstwhile each 194 minutes successful 2025. Should this beryllium attributed to his interruptions?

That would beryllium jumping to conclusions excessively quickly. Changes among his teammates down the close broadside for PSG person besides altered his accustomed notation points.

Will PSG and Morocco request to negociate his workload?

For PSG, the question arises up of Le Classique against Olympique de Marseille: successful the lack of a genuine like-for-like understudy, Warren Zaire-Emery tin capable successful connected the right, but helium does not regenerate each of the Moroccan's attacking qualities.

Mohamed Ouahbi volition besides beryllium monitoring the results of the scan, with the Atlas Lions acceptable to unfastened their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying run against Gabon connected September 25 and Lesotho connected September 29, earlier a drawstring of high-profile friendlies successful aboriginal October. At this stage, determination is thing to suggest helium volition miss either fixture.

Managing the workload placed connected the erstwhile Inter Milan antheral is not a caller topic. A circumstantial programme had already been enactment successful spot astir Hakimi to trim the hazard of wounded pursuing a peculiarly dense tally of matches for some PSG and Morocco.

Hakimi has not overnight mislaid the qualities that marque him 1 of the champion players successful his position. But aft a play marked by 2 lengthy spells connected the sidelines, this latest scare raises a question: to regain his afloat powerfulness and sharpness, does the subordinate who erstwhile seemed tireless besides request to beryllium fixed clip to rest?

The reply volition archetypal beryllium connected the aesculapian diagnosis, and past connected however PSG and Morocco negociate his return.