The world champion, who missed the first two meetings of the season, the Champions Trophy due to suspension (4-0 against Nantes) and the trip to Clermont at the start of the championship due to injury (5-0), returned to training this week and is expected to return on Saturday.

"He doesn't have a lot of minutes in his legs but he's in good shape. His little discomfort the day before the match in Clermont has completely disappeared and he's come back very dynamic this week. I have no fear that Kylian be quickly in the rhythm", indicated Galtier in a press conference.

The Parisian technician also explained that he had no apprehension about the integration of Mbappé within the offensive sector while Neymar and Lionel Messi particularly shone in his absence.

"There is no difficulty integrating Kylian Mbappé. You realize the privilege of being able to count on Kylian in this attacking trio. I worked a lot on the associations during the week and I also watched a lot of what is happening. was done last season in different attacking schemes and animations," he said.

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