An elimination on Tuesday in the Champions League would significantly accelerate the process of his departure. Each public appearance of the Frenchman will be analyzed with a magnifying glass.
Kylian Mbappé ‘s next few hours involve a compendium of feelings that could culminate, in the worst case scenario , with the player confirming his departure sooner rather than later. Although PSG has already done so , unofficially , the other party, the captain of the French team, needs to make a statement on the matter, something that will not happen if the Parisians finally complete, on Tuesday against Dortmund, the pass to his second Champions League final .
All eyes will be focused on the 2018 world champion with France, first because he must lead Luis Enrique ‘s team towards the comeback and second because there will be no talk about another topic, his future, if the Parisians are finally eliminated. in the highest continental competition. Any gesture , appearance, statement from Mbappé will be analyzed with a magnifying glass, whether to confirm his departure or simply to make statements.
PSG , meanwhile, remains immersed in all competitions . Champion of Ligue 1 comfortably , with more than 12 points of distance from the second placed, Monaco, champion of the Super Cup in January against Toulouse and with two competitions still to be decided , the Cup final on May 25 against Lyon and the return of the Champions League semi-finals , it does not seem that, in principle, Mbappé is going to announce anything until the end of the season.
But since football is so capricious and unpredictable, a hypothetical elimination of PSG in the Champions League semi-finals would force them to make an immediate decision . On Saturday , against Toulouse, Mbappé will play his last game at the Parc des Princes with the Parisian jersey, in what is heralded as the forward’s farewell to what has been his audience for the last seven seasons. However, as confirmed by the capital club, both parties had to formalize the terms of departure, so it could be an impediment for him to take the microphone and address the fans, except on a holiday in Paris when celebrating his twelfth Ligue 1 title.
Before, in the same stadium , the Parc des Princes, PSG will have to turn around Dortmund’s 1-0 lead . Mbappé has attracted a lot of criticism , mainly for his lack of leadership, so on Tuesday he has a do-or-die ending if he does not want to say goodbye through the back door , despite being the French entity’s all-time top scorer and having pulverized, by far, all records. Paris becomes the epicenter of football in the coming weeks, with many fronts open, the most important being the departure of the Bondy prodigy.
