Having remained silent for several months, Kylian Mbappé could speak this Thursday.
We have to go back to a brief appearance on TF1 after an ordinary qualifying match against Gibraltar to find any trace of Kylian Mbappé speaking publicly. The 2018 world champion then repeated, to the exact word, what he had declared at a press conference a few days earlier: he will honor his contract with Paris Saint-Germain during this 2023-24 season.
Water has flowed under the bridges since then. And Mbappé lived 1000 lives, during a summer very agitated by the soap opera of his future. First sidelined by Paris Saint-Germain for the club’s tour in Asia, then reinstated at the end of August quite unexpectedly, Mbappé has still not extended his contract with the capital club.
Mbappé, every word will be scrutinized
Sportingly, the first matches of the Bondy prodigy were impressive, before the state of grace gave way to a setback, physical or psychological, which resulted in a series of 4 matches without a goal. But while Mbappé remained silent, including during the last international break, the world champion should speak this week. L’Équipe and AS indicate that the captain of the France team should not give up his place to Antoine Griezmann during the match eve press briefing on Thursday before the clash against the Netherlands. Every word will obviously be scrutinized…
