2024-03-22 17:58:00
He won’t say anything, at least for now. Appearing at a press conference as captain of the France team on the eve of the friendly match against Germany this Friday, Kylian Mbappé never wanted to confirm that he was going to leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season. And this despite several reminders from journalists present in the press room at Groupama Stadium in Décines.
“I didn’t announce anything, because I had nothing to announce,” he said in the preamble. I always said that the day I had something to say, I would come and present myself as a man and I would speak. Until I do so, I have nothing to announce. »
A journalist then asks him if he can “at least” confirm that he announced to his managers that he would not renew his contract, which was made public several weeks ago. An exchange between the two men follows, in which Mbappé remains largely enigmatic, evoking a “he” which we can assume is the president of PSG, Nasser al-Khelaifi.
“Mbappé: – You know better than me, right? Ask the person who told you, he knows, right?
Journalist: – A priori yes.
Mbappé: – Yes, you know he knows.
Journalist: – Yes.
Mbappé: – Here’s asking him.
Journalist: – It’s already done, he said yes.
Mbappé: – Did he say yes? He is always right.
Journalist: – I don’t know…
Mbappé: – If I know that he is always right.
Journalist: – A priori he was there…
Mbappé: – You know where he was…”
Then Mbappé continues, resuming his inaugural remarks: “As I said: the day I have something to announce, I will come. I never hid, I was never afraid. If I have something to say, I will come and say it, and very easily because it is not something serious. It’s just that I don’t have anything to announce, sorry to disappoint but I don’t have anything exciting. »
No confirmation therefore, and even less obviously any mention of Real Madrid. He barely agreed to say that he thought that the question of his future will be “settled” by the Euro. “I have always shown in the past that when I am in the selection, there is nothing that goes above that,” he concludes.
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