_Crisis communication at Paris Saint-Germain. The capital club certainly did not expect to experience such an eventful Champions League pre-match. As mentioned by our colleagues from Parisian
and confirmed by France Bleu Paris, Kylian Mbappé has expressed the wish to leave PSG as soon as possible, this winter
. This forced the sports management to react through the press, and more precisely in front of the microphones of the French broadcasters of the Champions League. Football director Luis Campo appeared before Canal Plus, BeIn Sport and RMC to discuss the Mbappé case.
Kylian Mbappé, he never spoke to me about leaving in January. The president never spoke of leaving in January. That’s why I’m here: to deny and say clearly that Kylian never spoke to me or the president about leaving PSG in January
Christophe Galtier evokes a “rumor”
An intervention before the game match, unheard of for this kind of subject at Paris Saint-Germain under QSI, even when the future of Neymar was very uncertain. The club immediately published an article on its website with the recovery Verbatim statements by Luis Campos. Again, this is unheard of.
For his part, coach Christophe Galtier tried to defuse the bomb during the post-match press conference, the average performance of the capital club taking a back seat. “I know nothing. I just know that a rumor turned into information, then almost a statement__”, indicated the Parisian coach.. “I didn’t see anything different, I find it surprising that this happens before an important match. I never heard of discussions. Kylian had a very rhythmic, very intense match. He gave an answer compared to to this rumour. I don’t think this rumor affected the preparation for the match.”
Kylian Mbappé did not seem disturbed by all this commotion. Author of a good match, and the goal from the penalty spot, he took the opportunity to overtake Edinson Cavani and become PSG’s most prolific goalscorer in the Champions League with 31 goals. He won the man of the match trophy. He finally posted a message on Instagram in which he gives an appointment next Sunday, for the classic against Olympique de Marseille.
In any case if the club is not yet aware of the desires of its star striker elsewhere, it will only have to open the newspapers on Wednesday. Kylian Mbappé is on the front page of L’Equipe, which devotes four pages to him, Le Parisien and the Spanish press.