Paris Saint-Germain coach, Spaniard Luis Enrique, praised striker Kylian Mbappé this Saturday (11), the day before the match against Toulouse, in the 33rd round of the French Championship, and said he understands the star’s decision to leave the club. .
“He is a PSG legend. A player who gave everything to this club and the club gave everything to him. I wish him all the best for the future”, declared the coach at a press conference. “I can only speak wonderfully about Kylian Mbappé, the player and the person.”
“I understand your decision (…) It’s something we knew for a long time, we all knew, but it became public yesterday (Friday),” he added.
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According to the press, the striker had informed the PSG board in February of his desire not to continue at the club from June onwards.
“He hasn’t said where he’s going yet, but we think it’s clear,” said Luis Enrique, alluding to rumors about Mbappé’s arrival at Real Madrid.
Before the press conference, Luis Enrique spoke to PSG TV about Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League semi-final elimination.
“I’m not going to deceive you, it’s obvious that they were difficult days because of how the elimination went. Coming so close to a final is painful,” he confessed
On Sunday, after the game against Toulouse, PSG will celebrate the French Championship title at Parque dos Príncipes.
On May 25th, the Parisian team will face Lyon in the French Cup to try to end the ‘Mbappé era’ with one last trophy.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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