In a press conference this Tuesday (13), prior to the duel against Real societythis Wednesday (14), by Champions Leaguethe technician of PSG, Luis Enriquesaid that the attacker Kylian Mbappé has been “the same as always”, despite the ESPN have found out that the star will leave the French team at the end of the current season to play for Real Madrid.
A ESPN reported on February 3 that the star has already made the decision to play for the Madrid giants next season, although he has not yet communicated the fact to the management of his current club and his future team.
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Mbappé was spared in the 3-1 victory over Lillenot last weekend, hair French Championshipbut will return to the team this Wednesday, for the round of 16 of the Champions League.
When asked about how the center forward has been acting behind the scenes since the “bomb” about his departure exploded, Luis Enrique pretended to be unaware.
“I haven’t felt anything like that, no more joy, no more sadness… He [Mbappé] It’s been the same as always,” said the Spaniard.
The coach also explained that he decided to rest Kylian at the weekend because he was having pain in his ankle. However, the star is already 100% recovered for this Wednesday.
“When a team has a player like Mbappé, of course you think that the more he plays, the better, because everyone will benefit from it,” he argued.
“There’s no doubt about that. He could have played (against Lille) if it was a championship final, but it wasn’t. So, it wasn’t worth taking the risk. Now, he’s available, as are the other players.” , he completed.
As for this Wednesday’s opponent, Luis Enrique was full of praise.
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“Real Sociedad have an impressive defense in Champions League. They never give you the ball easily. We’re going to have to pressure them quite aggressively,” she noted.
“They are, without a doubt, one of the best teams in this competition. No wonder, they qualified as leaders of their group. And they were in a group with one of last year’s finalists [Inter de Milão]”, he concluded.