Really not easy, the life of a Paris Saint-Germain coach. Christophe Galtier must already manage the start of the crisis after his team’s three defeats in a row, unheard of for more than eleven years. But the technician also finds himself with an embryo of controversy on his hands. In question: the outings of Neymar, Wednesday, at a poker tournament then in a McDonald’s establishment, the day after the reverse in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against Bayern Munich (0-1), followed by health instructions from Kylian Mbappé: “Eat well and sleep well”.
“What Kylian said in the mixed zone is exactly what he said in the locker room, assured Galtier, this Friday, at a press conference, two days before the reception of Lille in Ligue 1. [Ce sont] remarks with great maturity and also with great determination so that everyone remains mobilized. »
OK, and the cliché of Neymar in the fast food restaurant, which many observers, no doubt in the wrong mind, interpreted as a snub to his French teammate? “I have the intimate conviction that there is no confusion to be made between Kylian’s statement and the photo that came out,” asserted the coach of the championship leader.
“I told him what I thought”
“I spoke with Ney, I told him what I thought, he added. Ney is passionate about poker. He has the right to play poker on his day of rest and recovery. And then I told him what I thought of this photo that came out, but that’s between him and me. »
Quite logically, Galtier seems to have appreciated the Brazilian’s night trip to the McDonald’s much less than his participation in a poker tournament in Paris, where he briefly returned on Thursday, before being eliminated.