Christophe Galtier lived up to his reputation as a complete man. The Paris Saint-Germain technician appeared in front of the media on Friday October 14, two days before the match against Marseille’s great rival in Ligue 1, but also at the heart of a week loaded with rumors and controversy. On Tuesday, rumors of Kylian Mbappé’s desire to leave ignited, while Mediapart published on Wednesday an investigation into the use of a communication agency by PSG, in order to broadcast threats and other threats on fake Twitter accounts. pressures. Faced with questions about these off-field topics, the former coach of Saint-Etienne, Lille and Nice was irritated.
In a form of clarification, when he was asked if he had exchanged with Kylian Mbappé the possibility of a departure, Christophe Galtier asserted: “The first thing is that you have to have control, experience and a certain age to manage all of this as well as possible. What I want to tell you is that you don’t never talk football. I’m here, I’m the coach of PSG, I’m proud and happy about it, and finally, I realize that match after match, conference after conference, we have to talk for a minute and a half about football on a conference from 10 to 15 minutes”.
Visibly angry,”annoyed“even he said by these new records”every day“, Christophe Galtier criticizes journalists for not taking into account his remarks, in particular those concerning the atmosphere within the Parisian workforce. “Whatever I can tell you, you don’t believe me since you write the opposite, since you say the opposite. I tell you that it’s going well, that it’s going well in the locker room, that they get along well , that they are serious, that they are professional, that they are supportive… No one is interested in that.”
Press conference by Christophe Galtier before Paris Saint-Germain – Olympique de Marseille https://t.co/Yv3WR44juD
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Regarding his exchanges with Kylian Mbappé, he decided: “I’m not here to comment on rumours. On Kylian, there were rumors that came out the afternoon of a match. He had the best response, he performed well, the best man of the match against Benfica, generous for the team. I have lots of flaws, but I’m very honest, I’m not lying to you. To answer you on Kylian, no, I didn’t talk about THE rumour. I saw Kylian very serious in the preparation, very invested against Benfica, in the preparation against Olympique de Marseille. Final point. Write it down and let’s talk football.”
At the controls of his Ligue 1 first team with a point lead over the dolphin Lorient, and leader of his group in the Champions League, the technician concluded: “I’m not lecturing you, but perhaps we could refocus the conference on sports. Things are going well in the locker room. We may not kiss each other every day, but it’s going very well. And better than elsewhere.” Two days before the Classic against the Marseillais, Christophe Galtier displayed a great fighting spirit.