Life without Kylian Mbappé will not have lasted long in the French capital. At the heart of a huge showdown with his management and placed in the loft during the summer, the Parisian striker, announced very close to joining Real Madrid, has officially returned to the group of reigning French champions. Excellent news for Luis Enrique who will (finally) be able to rely on the exceptional qualities of the Bondynois.
Luis Enrique satisfied with the return of Mbappé!
Present at a press conference and only a few days after a match against Les Merlus where PSG showed their offensive limits, the Spanish technician – who did not hesitate to confirm the presence of the 24-year-old Frenchman in the group – did not thus could not hide his joy when discussing the return of the top scorer in the history of the club. “As a coach, it’s good news both for what he brings to football and for his personality”thus launched the former architect of Barça before saying more about the state of mind of KM7. “Kylian is in great shape, he has a lot of desire, a very good state of mind. I’m very happy to have a world-class player like Kylian.”.
If the 2018 world champion therefore has a very good chance of starting the match against Toulouse, the return of the French international (70 caps, 40 goals) should, barring a huge turnaround, be accompanied by another good news: the great premiere of Ousmane Dembélé, who arrived from FC Barcelona. “He is ready to play from the first minute”, has also confirmed the former coach of La Roja. For the latter, however, the main thing remains to be done since it will now be necessary to find the right balance and a perfect understanding between the two Frenchmen, who should be associated with Gonçalo Ramos on the front of the attack.
An attack to shape, associations to find…
A situation of which the principal concerned is well aware. “It’s the work that remains to be done to see this complementarity, but all the great players logically manage to do it. It’s a good job for me to observe their synergy, their complementarity. We still need to strengthen these automatisms in attack because this is the line where we had the fewest recruits.. Relaunched, finally, on the defensive involvement to come from Ousmane Dembélé and Kylian Mbappé (a reproach often addressed to the Parisian attack in recent years), Luis Enrique did not wish to make a distinction.
“I think defensive work concerns all players, it’s mandatory for everyone to know how to attack and defend, we worked on that this week. To be a good player, you have to be able to do both and I think everyone can do it.”. A clear and difficult message to contradict with regard to the first rigorous outing of the Rouge et Bleu on the defensive level. As expected as it is, the return of Kylian Mbappé against Toulouse Football Club will be, in many respects, rich in lessons and will mark, above all, the end of an oh so boiling summer.
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