Crowned French champion with PSG, Kylian Mbappé most likely won his last title in Ligue 1 with Paris. Raymond Domenech wanted to emphasize this.
Since his arrival at Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappé has only won titles and records. While he will most likely leave the capital club to sign up for Real Madrid this summer, the striker has nonetheless won a seventh French championship title, the sixth with PSG. With the arrival of Luis Enrique on the bench at the start of the season, Paris experienced a pivotal season. When making a first assessment of the 2023-2024 financial year, some preferred to highlight the ending chapter embodied by Mbappé, rather than the one beginning under the leadership of Enrique.
The question was asked to Raymond Domenech on Sunday evening, just after the defeat of AS Monaco in Lyon (3-2), synonymous with the twelfth title validated in Ligue 1 by PSG. And for the channel consultant The Team, it was through the prism of Kylian Mbappé’s last championship title that we had to see things. “ It’s not Mbappé’s coronation that I remember, but it’s the departure of one of PSG’s great players. It’s something that has made history for years. Luis Enrique, that’s good, it’s a start. Everyone else started like that. Let’s wait. »
“He marked an era”
And the former coach of the Blues, finalists of the 2006 World Cup, continued: “ For me, this end of the season is the end of Mbappé. It is (a page of) the story of PSG is turning. And who turns to build in another way with Enrique, who is less flashy. (…) You have to recognize what the history of a club is. And when you have a player like that in a club, it makes a mark. And you can’t say to yourself: ‘Okay, he’s leaving, let’s move on to something else, another one’. He marked an era, he was phenomenal. He broke all records. »
Since joining PSG, Kylian Mbappé has effectively etched his name in the annals of the capital club. Top scorer in Parisian history ahead of Edinson Cavani, he also won three French Cups, two League Cups and three Champions Trophies. And this season, he could further fill his trophy cabinet since Paris is still in the race in the Champions League, of which he is preparing to play the semi-finals against Borussia Dortmund, and will play a Coupe de France final against OL.
