Even extended until 2025 (2024, plus an optional year), Kylian Mbappé is talking about him and his future again. To believe that it is not a vulgar paper signed by the parties concerned that will change the situation. Annoyed by too many broken promises since the summer and the arrival of the Galtier-Campos duo, the world champion and his entourage hit hard today, the day of the reception of Benfica on behalf of the 4th day of the Champions League group stage. He wants to leave and quickly.
Luis Campos, also cited to accompany Mbappé to the exit, quickly denied before the evening meeting on Canal +. “I am here to deny. Kylian Mbappé did not inform anyone to leave Paris Saint-Germain. We never talked about that. I have a three-year contract for PSG, I work every day for the club to do something extraordinary. We speak with him every day, as with the others. All players chat with us. I spoke about recruitment a month ago, we work every day to have an exceptional season. We are very happy to work here.”
A good match as an answer to the rumors
The manager’s remarks this evening at the Parc des Princes did not really extinguish this start of the fire. The reception of the public was already going to have revealing value. He was applauded by the supporters when his name was announced during the line-ups. What put him in confidence, he who referred after the meeting in Reims to this use of pivot attacker, a position he does not like. This time, and unlike the league game on Saturday, he started with Neymar, but not Messi, still injured.
The connection between the two stars quickly worked, the Brazilian putting his sidekick into orbit several times (8th, 22nd, 34th, 45th). It was finally on penalty that the French striker managed to open the scoring (39th). With a little more skill, he could have scored a double on the way back from the locker room by wrapping this shot from close to the side (52nd). Despite the turmoil of the moment, Mbappé finally spent a quiet evening, which would even have been perfect if his acrobatic recovery, refused for an offside position, had been validated (86th). Never mind. Main danger with Neymar, he seemed to regain his feelings of the first weeks of the season, like someone released.