A decisive pass for Neymar, the first to be credited to him this season. Kylian Mbappé had already answered a little, in his own way, to the questions that have been hovering for weeks about his happiness to be there. On playing a pivotal role at the forefront of PSG’s attack, sacrificing yourself for others, Messi, Neymar and the rest of the team.
But that was probably not enough to clear things up. To be mentioned, a little more in depth, these desires of departure that the player would have taken it into his head to concretize in the next winter transfer window and which, of course, feed the Time.news since they came out in the press on Tuesday, a few hours before the return match against Benfica (1-1).
“It’s all wrong and I can tell you that I was as shocked as everyone else”
As he rarely does, Kylian Mbappé therefore invited himself to the mixed zone this Sunday evening, October 16, after the victory against OM. Not necessarily to debrief this new 4-3-1-2 system in which he says “having respected the coach’s instructions and did what he asked of me”, but to talk about the extra-sporting and of these desires that we lend him.
“I’m very happy,” he said, his face more serious than usual. I never asked for my departure in January. I did not understand this info that came out on the day of the match. I am neither directly nor remotely involved. Everything is wrong and I can tell you that I was as shocked as everyone else. There are people who may think I was involved in it, that’s not the case at all. I was having a siesta, my entourage was at my little brother’s game, all the people who take care of me were absent… We were flabbergasted when we found out, but we have to deal with it because there was a game to play. I just wanted to say that was completely wrong. »
The player also agreed to respond to information from Mediapart which revealed that the club had used an agency to cyberharass certain press organs but also Parisian players, including himself. Did it break trust? “I am a football player, the most important thing for me is to play and give my best on the pitch. If I start to scatter, I will get tired very quickly. »
A clever way to kick into touch, even if he admits that “when you play at PSG, you know what you are getting into. You know what it’s going to entail for good and bad. All those who sign know what to expect, we warn them. We’re in the middle of it right now, but we’re focused on winning on the pitch and winning titles. »