Umpteenth twist in the showdown between Kylian Mbappé and Paris SG with the sign of a possible warming between the two parties who have been sticking to their positions in recent days? This remains to be confirmed, but the striker returned to the group with which coach Luis Enrique works on Sunday. “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.
Since the start of the club’s summer tour of Asia in July, the 2018 world champion had been sidelined, forced to train with unwanted players and asked to find another club.
SEE ALSO – The best of Mbappé at PSG last season
A form of sanction for Paris SG which absolutely insists that its star striker extend for one season by activating the option of an additional year (or find another club this summer) so as not to leave in June 2024 freely, which means without transfer compensation for the champions of France. “We want him to stay, we can repeat it two or three times. But he can’t leave for free. It’s non-negotiable,” said President Nasser Al-Khelaifi on July 5.
A sign of the tensions that seemed to peak in the middle of the week, the Bondynois had not been called by the Spanish coach for the arrival of Lorient (0-0) at the Parc des Princes on Saturday evening. But the striker still came to the stadium with a smile, even allowing himself to go see his teammates in the locker room, which may have come as a surprise.
A few hours earlier, Mbappé had greeted with great enthusiasm the arrival of his France team-mate Ousmane Dembélé, on social networks. “Welcome home my brother. So happy to see you here” wrote the player before adding: “The adventure begins”.
Mbappé, who kept repeating that he wanted to honor his last year of contract with the Parisian club, was he already planning with his future attacking partner at the time of writing these lines, already knowing that the tensions were about to calm down? Possible.
What is therefore akin to a rapprochement between Mbappé and the Parisian management comes in any case when Neymar seems close to a departure, perhaps to Saudi Arabia. The two men haven’t always had the best relationship in recent seasons.
Chance or coincidence, again Nasser al-Khelaïfi, the president of PSG, was able to go this Sunday to the Poissy training center where the workforce was summoned for a session. According to L’Equipe, the big boss of the French champions spoke to the locker room to confirm that the club’s current top scorer was indeed part of the plans for the season which has just started. “Kylian is invested in the club,” said the leader who has only one desire: that his nugget activates the option to extend one season (until 2025, therefore). With the key promise of letting the player go to Real Madrid next June for a pretty penny. But we are not there yet but one thing is almost certain: Mbappé will be with PSG in Toulouse next Saturday at 9:00 p.m.
