2023-08-13 11:38:11
PSG striker Kylian Mbappé has been reinstated to the first team this Sunday, the club announces. Kylian Mbappé and Paris had entered into a severe standoff since the sending in June of a letter by the captain of the France team announcing his desire to go to the end of his contract, which expires in June 2024, without extend it.
Published on: 08/13/2023 – 11:38Modified on: 08/13/2023 – 13:23
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The twist of summer. Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappé, dismissed for several weeks by his management due to a contractual dispute, has been reinstated in the first team, the capital club announced on Sunday August 13.
The day after the soporific draw conceded by the Parisians against Lorient at the Parc des Princes on the first day of Ligue 1 (0-0), the club from the capital and the 2018 world champion have obviously decided to play the card of the appeasement. It’s hard to say whether this is a simple bright spot or the harbingers of a future agreement, but we are nonetheless moving towards significant progress in resolving a crisis that threatened to seriously shake the PSG.
“After very constructive and positive discussions between Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé before the PSG-Lorient match, this Saturday August 12, the player was reinstated in the first training team this morning,” said PSG. in a press release.
Until then, the positions of the two camps seemed completely fixed, Kylian Mbappé wishing to go to the end of his contract, in June 2024, without extending it, while the leaders of PSG considered it impossible to let their star leave for free in a year and were ready to sell it this summer.
The conflict had reached its climax with the dismissal of the player, deprived at the end of July of the tour of Japan and South Korea then of the reception of Lorient in the league on Saturday.
PSG star striker Kylian Mbappé (top left) during the match against Lorient on August 12, 2023 at the Parc des Princes © Miguel Medina, AFP
A rapprochement had all the same been sketched out on Saturday and some signs could suggest a lull. Kylian Mbappé had not failed to greet the arrival in Paris of Ousmane Dembélé, with whom he was world champion in 2018 under the colors of the France team.
“Welcome home my brother, so happy to see you here, the adventure begins,” he wrote on Instagram.
The two friends then appeared together and all smiles in the stands of the Parc des Princes to attend PSG-Lorient, while Neymar, for whom the doors for a departure are wide open, was conspicuous by his absence.
Uncompromising serenity
Walled in silence since sending his letter to the club, Kylian Mbappé has always displayed unfailing serenity during his public appearances, stopping in particular to sign autographs when he arrives at the PSG training center. in Poissy, just to show that he remained fully involved in the life of the club despite the inclinations of its leaders to sell.
By obtaining his reinstatement, he has partly won his case even if it is still too early to know if we are heading towards an extension of the player’s contract, as required by the management of the club, owned by Qatar since 2011.
The offensive weaknesses noted on Saturday against Lorient may have prompted PSG to soften their attitude towards the top scorer in their history, now available for the trip to Toulouse on August 19, even if he has not played only one match, a friendly against Le Havre, over the last two months.
On the side of the PSG, it is estimated in any case that the intransigence shown in this file ended up paying off and that it is part of the “revolution” started this summer.
“The PSG institution has never been so strong”, it is explained, citing in particular the suspension of Lionel Messi for his unauthorized trip to Saudi Arabia at the end of last season, the non-renewal of the contract of the sevenfold Argentinian Ballon d’Or, the possible departure of Neymar, the opening of the imposing training center in Poissy or the emphasis on young players for recruitment.
With AFP
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