Shenzhen (China) (AFP)
Paris star SG Kylian Mbappé apologized Friday to the players at the UNFP Awards ceremony at the end of May, during which his mysterious words about his future and his demands for more responsibility "spoiled the party" .
"I think it was not the right place, I take the opportunity to apologize to the players at this ceremony because I spoiled the party.There are plenty of players who have worked all year to Being able to be at this ceremony and me, I steal the show but negatively, "said the prodigy of 20 years, since Shenzhen where his club on Saturday played the Champions Trophy.
"The supporters wanted me too, I apologize too, but I apologize without apologizing, they did not understand my message, it was in the interest of the club. everything is fine in the best of all worlds, as we say, "he continued.
After receiving his trophy as best player in Ligue 1, Mbappé had posed a media bomb that made the football world shake: "This is an important moment for me ... a turning point in my career, the moment to have more responsibilities Maybe at PSG, maybe elsewhere, "he had let go, sibylline, at the microphone of beIN Sports.
His statements provoked an avalanche of reactions, fueling rumors about his departure this summer to Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane who would have made one of its priority targets of the transfer window according to the Spanish press.
More than two months later, Mbappé has made things clear: "no", he never thought of leaving Paris before September 1st.
"These statements were quite ambiguous because I left a lot of open doors, I did not give any indication.When I came out of the UNFP Trophies, nobody was able to say what I was talking about. I, the president (Nasser Al-Khelaïfi) and the coach (Thomas Tuchel) who know what we are talking about, all the rest, they know nothing, "he assured.
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