Kylian Mbappé (PSG): “It’s the club’s project, not my project”

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“People thought it, think it and will think it againhe said, regarding his potential omnipotence at PSG. I don’t have a problem with that. The club knows that it is the club above all, before me, even if I am an important player” Its president, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, declared this week in the columns of Le Parisien: “The sequins, it’s overMbappé abounds and insists: he claims no paternity in the turnaround that Paris hopes to operate.

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“I was not at the base of this project, it is the club’s project, not my project”, supports the 23-year-old striker, interviewed in New York as part of an organized trip with his IBKM foundation (Inspired by Kylian Mbappé). “Great things are going to happen“, he promises about the coming season of the champions of France. The main purpose is clear: “The Champions League is the clear objective, displayed, announced… there is no need to list many more adjectives. That’s what we want.

But according to Mbappé, to climb to the pinnacle of the Old Continent, it is already necessary to manage current affairs with more aplomb. “This year and last year (LOSC was titled in 2021, editor’s note), we were less afraid, we were less untouchable (in Ligue 1). Winning the Champions League goes through this: becoming untouchable again, whether it’s there is not much discussion in the championship, even if it will remove the suspense”, he considers.

“We have to find these bases and then try to conquer Europe“Summarizes Kylian Mbappé. Another goal could animate him and he assumes the “accessible” side of it: to become the most prolific scorer in the history of PSG. With 170 goals in 216 games, he is only 30 goals behind. on the record holder, Edinson Cavani. Will he dislodge him? “If I continue like this, there’s no reason why I shouldn’t.”