The French world champion made a very noticeable return to the Toulouse lawn on Saturday evening (1-1).
When you know the guy’s software, there was nothing surprising in seeing Kylian Mbappé burst onto the screen for his first steps during this 2023-24 season, in Toulouse. The captain of the France team has fueled the news all summer with the soap opera on his future. And if his dispute with PSG could scratch his image, he especially reinforced the pressure around his performance. But you have to believe that the Bondy prodigy loves it. Better, it feeds on it.
Launched into the deep end by Luis Enrique on Saturday evening, Kylian Mbappé burst onto the screen. Devastating shots, sometimes random withdrawals, but also a pass that should have been decisive after a penalty caused and converted without flinching. Mbappé in the text. But in addition to this goal, it is the celebration of the top Parisian scorer that challenged observers.
Did Mbappé send a message about his future?
Several media broadcast the cry uttered by Mbappé after shaking the path of the nets. The Parisian striker rushed to the parking lot of the Ultras before sending a message: ” We stay here! We stay here“, he would have yelled according to the decryptions of the images broadcast by Canal +. What definitely lift the suspense about his future? Should we read there a possible long-term commitment, while the hypothesis of a long-term extension resurfaces? In the current state of things, nothing can be ruled out… But it didn’t take much to see the canvas go up in flames on Saturday evening.
