Between 2019 and 2022, Idrissa Gueye wore the Paris Saint-Germain jersey. There, the midfielder shared the locker room with several stars including Neymar, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé. Questioned by the Mirrorthe Senegalese told an anecdote concerning the Bondynois. “Mbappé watched all Everton matches. In fact, he liked it. Messi wasn’t looking, no. It was difficult for me because we were losing a lot and he (Mbappé) said to me: “brother, do you see that your team is losing and playing like that?” But it was funny.”
Gueye then confided: “I remember Julian Draxler, every time we lost, he said: “look at your team, they’re not good!” And I said: “we will survive”. So the day we survived against Crystal Palace, he said: ‘you were lucky’ and I said: ‘I told you so’. I told him to come to Everton but he (Draxler) didn’t listen to me! Advice that the German, today in Qatar, should perhaps have followed…
