Kylian Mbappé is back in the PSG first team. After negotiations and renewed communication between the Frenchman and the capital club, the decision was made to reinstate him after having dismissed him from summer preparation and the first Ligue 1 match against Lorient.
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PSG star Kylian Mbappé, dismissed for several weeks by his management due to a contractual dispute, has been reinstated in the first team, the capital club announced on Sunday. ” After very constructive and positive discussions between Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé before the PSG-Lorient match, this Saturday August 12, the player was reinstated in the first training team this morning “Said PSG in a press release.
Mbappé and Paris had entered into a severe standoff since the sending in June of a letter by the captain of the France team announcing his desire to go to the end of his contract, which expires in June 2024, without the extend. A scenario deemed unacceptable by the Parisian leaders.
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“ We want it to stay, we can repeat it two or three times. But he can’t leave for free. It’s non-negotiable “, had thus dropped President Nasser Al-Khelaifi, on July 5. PSG then decided to dismiss their striker from the main training group, notably depriving him of the pre-season tour in Japan and South Korea.
Mbappé had also not been selected for the first day of Ligue 1, Saturday against Lorient (0-0). But he appeared in the stands of the Parc des Princes, smiling and relaxed, alongside the club’s latest recruit, French striker Ousmane Dembélé, with whom he was crowned world champion in 2018 with the Blues.