The goalless draw of the Ligue 1 leader, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), against Monaco on the 24th day of the championship went into the background after Kylian Mbappé did not come out to play the second half with his team in the Luis II Stadium and, far from following the actions alongside his teammates on the bench, he watched the match in a box in the company of his mother.
According to the French newspaper L’Équipe, Mbappé, who was the starter, had stayed in a sector of the field during the initial stage “after a duel with Guillermo Maripán.” This is how they reconstructed the attacker’s surprise departure at halftime: “Upon returning to the field after the shower, the 2018 world champion smiled and affirmed that he was fine with one of his interlocutors, before signing autographs on the edge of the field. . He got to sit in the stands next to his mother and showed big smiles.”
The official broadcast captured him three minutes into the snap in a very relaxed posture. He had taken off his match clothing, dressed all in black and was seen talking on the phone, while his teammates were already playing the duel. Beyond that initial annoyance with the Chilean defender, the newspaper Le Parisien ruled out that the modification, for which Randal Kolo Muani entered, was due to a physical issue: “The Frenchman joined his mother in the stands, dressed and without limping. Smiling, he greeted the audience and laughed with his loved ones.”
At the end of the match, one of the first questions to the coach, Luis Enrique, revolved around the determination to get the top scorer of the French championship (he has 21 goals and the second is Alexandre Lacazette of Lyon with 12 goals) in the middle of his refusal to renew the contract expiring in the middle of the year. “Sooner or later he won’t play with us and we have to get used to it. My job is to make decisions all the time. That’s my philosophy and I’m going to do what I think is best for the team. I do not want to argue. “It is my decision,” he expressed in a conversation with Prime Video.
In tune, he declared: “I’ve been in professional football long enough to know that everything is important in these types of clubs. “Sooner or later we will have to play without him, so I try to look for the option that I think is best for the team.” The Parisian entity will play this Tuesday from 5 p.m. (Argentine time) against Real Sociedad for the rematch of the round of 16 of the Champions League in a tie that it leads thanks to the 2-0 victory last February 14 in France. In addition, they are first in the local tournament with 55 points, 12 points ahead of Brest, who must play this Sunday against Le Havre.
On the other hand, Le Parisien offered details about how Kiki left the stadium: “Mbappé is going to see the fans at a trot: no injuries for the Frenchman, who runs towards the Parisian fans and jumps over the advertising billboard without worries.” The DT’s decision led to a sentence from this medium: “Luis Enrique has made clear this time his break with his star striker by deciding to take him out during the break.” They stated that Donatello had “no inspiration” and played 45 “nightmare” minutes.
The conflictive situation between Kylian and the institution had an infinite number of chapters in recent months, which included his separation from the squad at the beginning of the season, but it reached its climax when the world champion with France in 2018 announced that he will not extend his contract, as reported by different media in that country together with the specialized journalist Fabrizio Romano: “Kylian Mbappé has informed the president of PSG, Nasser Al Khelaifi, that he will leave the club as a free agent. The terms of his departure have not yet been fully agreed, but he will leave Paris in the summer, as Kylian has not yet fulfilled his commitments to the club.”
It is worth remembering that PSG will lose more than one footballer because they chose to build a team around them without the presence of Lionel Messi and Neymar with the addition of leaving free without leaving a cent to the club after having bought him from Monaco for a figure close to 140 million euros in 2017. He was on the verge of losing it in 2022, but he negotiated a million-dollar extension of his relationship: he has an annual salary of 72 million of the European currency, according to Le Parisien.
Kylian Mbappé’s future remains an absolute unknown because there are no details about what his new shirt will be from July 1, although Real Madrid never left it an option for his landing. Luis Enrique still has not found his replacement and, beyond having almost resolved the qualification to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, the dream of staying with the Orejona this season will become more complicated at Paris Saint-Germain if his intention is to do without of his Ace of Swords.
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