The information was not official but known to everyone. This Friday, two days before his last home match against Toulouse, Kylian Mbappé announced his departure from Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, as we announced to you on February 3.
In a video facing the camera, in a calm tone, Kylian Mbappé explained the reasons for his departure. “I had always said that I would speak to you when the time was right and I wanted to announce to you all that this is my last year at Paris Saint-Germain. I am not going to extend it and I will end my adventure in a few weeks,” he announces in the introduction.
Against Toulouse this Sunday, he will play his “last match at the Parc des Princes. It’s a lot of emotions, a lot of years where I had the chance and the immense honor to be part of the biggest club in France, one of the best in the world, which allowed me to arrive here, to have my first experience in a club with a lot of pressure, to grow as a player. »
“I didn’t think it was going to be so hard to leave my country, France, Ligue 1”
At Paris Saint-Germain, he will have rubbed shoulders with “some of the great champions”. Enough to help him “grow as a man, with all the glory and the mistakes I have made”. “I would like to thank, first of all of course, all the teammates I had, all the coaches: Unai Emery, Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Christophe Galtier and Luis Enrique. » He also had for his sports directors, “Leonardo and Luis Campos”. Without forgetting “all the people at the club, those people don’t see, the people in the shadows. » “With them, this club is in good hands. »
Throughout the message, Kylian Mbappé will also have slipped a little clue about his future destination, which will therefore be far from France and its championship: “It’s difficult, difficult… I didn’t think it was going to be so hard to announce that, to leave my country, France, Ligue 1. But I think I needed that. »
The captain of the France team also wanted to thank the supporters: “I know that I am not the most demonstrative player, I have not always lived up to the love that you gave me during seven years. But I never wanted to cheat, I always wanted to perform. »
On X, several tributes have already been paid to the man who played seven seasons under the colors of PSG. Ligue 1 posted a sober message: “Thank you for everything”, with a photo of the Parisian holding a child Kylian Mbappé in his hand with an AS Monaco jersey on his back, printed with the number 33. A symbol of evolution of the player, more than ever ready to leave the French championship.
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