Luis Enrique’s choice to reduce the use, when possible, of Kylian Mbappe between now and the end of the season when the attacker’s contract with PSG expires, has caused a lot of noise (“Sooner or later we will have to get used to playing without him and my football philosophy leads me to always think about what is best for the team. It’s my decision and it’s not up for discussion” the Spaniard said recently). So much so that the rumors surrounding the French champion club wanted a short-term relationship between the player and the former Barcelona coach.
“There is a very good relationship with him – said Mbappe himself after the match of the Champions League match won at Real Sociedad to Canal Plus France -. I have no problem with him, if people can think that there are. I have many problems, but Luis Enrique is not one of them.”
Analyzing Mbappe’s employment after the announcement of his farewell to the club next June on 16 February, however, we realize how Luis Enrique decided to give up his number 7 only in Ligue 1: for him 28′ on the pitch against Nantes, 65′ against Rennes and 45′ against Monaco on March 1st.