SOCCER: Arsenal 'best team worldwide without a ball', PSG's Enrique says ahead of Champions League final

Paris St Germain coach Luis Enrique praised Champions League final opponents Arsenal on Wednesday (May 20) the day after they secured the Premier League title, calling the English side "the best team in the world" without the ball, ahead of next week's Champions League final.

Enrique further praised Ousmane Dembele’s defensive commitment, saying the France forward had become an example for coaches because of the intensity he brings without the ball.

Dembele has become one of the symbols of Luis Enrique’s PSG rebuild, with the Spaniard demanding that even his most gifted attackers contribute relentlessly to the collective press.

Dembele has been nursing a sore calf after the end of the Ligue 1 season last weekend, but Luis Enrique expects his squad to be at full strength for the final, with fullback Achraf Hakimi also making his return to training.

Arsenal will be playing their second Champions League final 20 years after losing 2-1 to Barcelona at the Stade de France in Paris in 2006.

-Marco Trujillo, Manuel Ausloos/Reuters