Kylian Mbappé and the rest of the Paris Saint-Germain internationals returned to the training center on Monday in Poissy, in the Yvelines. Despite the questions surrounding his future, the French striker had a fairly standard day for the start of his preparation.
Despite the doubts surrounding his future and the hypothesis of a departure during the summer transfer window, Kylian Mbappé resumed well with PSG on Monday and still intends to honor his last year of contract, while his management wishes to quickly clarify his situation. Expected with the other players who participated in the international window in June, the tricolor striker therefore performed his baptism in the new training center of the Ile-de-France club in Poissy (Yvelines).
For his first day of work after a very rhythmic vacation between Miami, Cameroon and the south of France, Kylian Mbappé underwent a battery of physical tests and medical examinations after arriving aboard a van around 10 a.m. . Everything went normally and the striker also had a photo shoot.
>> All information on PSG
Beautiful reunion with Hakimi and Neymar
For the rest, the 2018 world champion has met several of his friends within the workforce. Among them, Achraf Hakimi with whom Kylian Mbappé notably did an elliptical bike session for this day of recovery. In addition to a great reunion with Keylor Navas, who returned from a loan to Nottingham Forest, the PSG striker also hailed Neymar.
If the Brazilian is currently continuing his recovery protocol after his ankle injury, this did not prevent him from making a nice hug with the other Ile-de-France star.
El Chiringuito on fire, an encounter with Luis Enrique
At the heart of a turbulent summer transfer window, Kylian Mbappé therefore seems to have spent a fairly classic recovery day at PSG. Except, perhaps, outside the training center of the Parisian club.
If a few supporters were waiting for the star when he arrived and left the Pisciac complex, the atmosphere especially went up a notch thanks to the presence of the Spanish press, with journalists from the program El Chiringuito.
On the lookout for any information on the French striker tracked by Real Madrid, the Iberian media had dispatched a team to Poissy to scrutinize all the details of his first day of preparation. But the walls of the Paris training center hid most of this recovery from prying eyes until Kylian Mbappé left, still in a van, around 1:30 p.m.
During this recovery, Kylian Mbappé was also able to meet Luis Enrique, the new coach of PSG. All on the eve of the first real session of the Spanish technician in Paris. This Tuesday, Luis Enrique will lead his group during a collective session scheduled for 4 p.m.
Al-Khelaïfi will meet and talk to the players this Tuesday
A day of Tuesday also marked by the presence of Nasser al-Khelaïfi. The president of PSG will meet the players, the staff and Luis Enrique. He will speak in front of the Parisian group. The Qatari leader is fully motivated and will have clear messages to convey.
He will recall in particular that the institution is placed above everything, as he already did during his last speech at a press conference. After a first friendly match in Poissy against Le Havre, this Friday, PSG will fly the next day for its tour of Japan, from July 22 to August 2, like last year at the same time.