Mbappé wants to silence the rumour: I never asked for my departure in January

After several days of latency where neither he nor his entourage denied the rumor that he wanted to leave PSG from the next winter transfer window, with the possibility of breaking his contract, Kylian Mbappé expressed himself in the mixed zone of the Parc des Princes a few minutes after the win against OM (1-0). 

"I am very happy, I never asked for my departure in January. The information that came out the day of the game (against Benfica), I did not understand. I am not involved in any way in this news. I was just as shocked as everyone else because there are people who think I am involved when I am not at all. My entourage was at my little brother's game, all the people who take care of me were not there. We were stunned when we found out. It is completely false and I am very happy here," he said in front of the journalists present. However, this desire to leave his club has been confirmed by his entourage. 

Regarding the revelations of Mediapart according to which PSG have ordered a company to act on social networks against some of its own players, including him, Mbappé replied: "I am a football player, the most important thing is to play and give the best of me on the field. If I start to spread myself too thin, I will get tired very quickly (...). When you play for Paris Saint-Germain you know what you are getting into, you know what it will involve in good and in bad. You have to be ready. Everyone who comes here knows it, we warn them. Now, we are in the middle of it at the moment but we are only focused on winning games and titles".

Asked about his expectations that would not have been followed by the president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, Mbappé assured that he had only seen the president on Sunday. "He wished us good luck and we won," he said. 

It's a media intervention that comes a little late and that will not dispel doubts, quite the contrary. But it will certainly get people talking again. Mbappé's first assist of the season was for Neymar, but he was unable to catch Pau Lopez off guard and was followed like a shadow by Chancel Mbemba for 90 minutes. These few words will be deciphered in many countries rather than talking about football. A habit that has been with him for several weeks, unfortunately.