The gathering of the Blues for the four June matches in the League of Nations is scheduled for Saturday May 28, ideally "Kyky" should have announced his choice before, so as not to interfere with the news of the world champions.

On the same day, Real Madrid will play a new Champions League final in Saint-Denis and will therefore know if they are welcoming into their ranks a player they have been courting for years.

The transfer window saga that has been shaking the world of football for months saw a new episode on Sunday evening, but the plot has not progressed much.

Immediately crowned best player in Ligue 1 for the third time in a row at the UNFP Trophies, the world champion flew to Qatar, to join his club's short two-day course, slipping only a time index.

"Long before" the Blues

"It won't take long," replied Mbappé during his flash stint in the mixed zone.

Before the France team?

was it revived.

"No, before, before, before, well before," assured the striker.

Kylian Mbappe, left, and Karim Benzema during a training session with the French football team in the Olympic stadium in Helsinki, Finland on November 15, 2021 FRANCK FIFE AFP / Archives

Coach Didier Deschamps, who is due to announce his list for the June matches against Denmark, Croatia (twice) and Austria on Thursday, would probably not appreciate a start to the internship crushed by the transfer section.

In September, his playmaker Antoine Griezmann had completed from Strasbourg, where the Blues faced Bosnia (1-1), his return loan to Atlético Madrid.

And in March, Mbappé had already set the French team on fire with his refusal to participate in certain marketing operations of the Federation.

He will surely not want to pull the blanket too much to himself and will prefer to settle the panting question before returning to Clairefontaine.

The player often repeats that he enjoys being the center of attention, never runs away from his star status, but has to weigh the best timing for the announcement.

Last match at PSG on Saturday?

Could he book it for the final day of Ligue 1, Saturday against Metz at the Parc des Princes, his garden, for what could be his last match in this jersey?

Kylian Mbappe, in the colors of Paris Saint-Germain, congratulated by Marco Verrati after scoring against Montpellier at the Stade de la Mosson on May 14, 2022 in Montpellier Pascal GUYOT AFP

Mbappé still has a fourth L1 top scorer title to confirm, with only one goal ahead of Monegasque Wissam Ben Yedder (25 against 24).

PSG supporters are watching the timing and wondering if he could say a farewell, as Jean-Pierre Papin did on the 38th day of 1992 to announce that he was leaving Marseille for AC Milan.

He could also say that he stays.

Whatever his decision, between the player and his entourage, concerned about their communication, and two behemoths like PSG and Real, the course of the public announcement will most certainly be regulated like music paper by the communicators of all the fields.

PSG has a lot to lose in the affair if Mbappé leaves, sportingly, financially - he is coming to the end of his contract and the club will not receive transfer compensation - and symbolically, because the Qatari owners would see their star slip away before the World Cup organized in their country.

We will therefore know soon, since Mbappé has "almost" stopped his choice.

Real Madrid is the club of his dreams, he had already considered joining it last summer.

Real or another?

Liverpool, where Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mané are unsure of staying, or Bayern Munich, who will lose Robert Lewandowski, are rich and powerful enough to give it a try.

But that would be a huge script twist.

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