He's starting to get used to it.

Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappé was voted best Ligue 1 player of the season for the third time in a row on Sunday May 15 at the UNFP Trophies presented in Paris.

It is the sixth time in a row that a PSG player has won the title, after Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2016), Edinson Cavani (2017), Neymar (2018) and Mbappé (2019, 2021).

Due to the pandemic, there were no trophies in 2020.

Both top scorer (25) and passer (17) in Ligue 1, Mbappé flew over the season with his talent and led PSG to their tenth league title, just as Michel Platini had guided Saint-Étienne to their tenth and final title. , in 1981.

But the attention of the evening was monopolized by the future of his career: continue at PSG or join Real Madrid.

"Yes, yes almost, it's almost over," he replied when asked if he had made his choice, the player adding that he would announce it "before" the matches of the France team in June in the League of Nations.

Pressed with questions on the stage at the Pavillon Gabriel, Mbappé, at the end of his contract in June, did not drop a hint, but thanked "PSG, which allowed me to come here, my teammates, the coach. I continue my story, I continue to win, I am never satisfied."

William Saliba, best hope

Around the star of the evening, other UNFP trophies were distributed.

Best player at the Euro last year and Yachine prize at the Ballon d'Or ceremony, "Gigio" Donnarumma has added a trophy to his collection.

The Italian has only played half a season, however, sharing the Paris cage with Keylor Navas, elected last year, enough to impress his peers (the players vote).

Among the technicians, the regularity of Bruno Genesio is rewarded, for the new good season of Stade Rennais, fourth and still in the race for the Champions League, and for the spectacular game developed by his team, second best attack in L1 (80 goals behind the untouchable PSG (85 goals).

Among the Espoirs, after the reign of Mbappé, elected from 2017 to 2019, central defender William Saliba succeeds Aurélien Tchouaméni, whom he joined this season in the France team.

Very sure at 21, the player on loan from Arsenal is not sure of staying at OM, which he helped lead to third place, one day before the end of the championship.

Benzema, best Frenchman abroad

The public, electorate of the best goal of the season, voted for the return of Bamba Dieng (OM) against Strasbourg.

In Ligue 2, the Dutchman Branco Van den Boomen brought Toulouse back to Ligue 1 by multiplying the assists, 20, to which must be added 12 goals, figures which brought him to the title of best player in his league.

The "Téfécé" also received the prize for best coach for Philippe Montanier, and the other directly promoted, AC Ajaccio, saw its goalkeeper Benjamin Leroy crowned.

Among the women, the international Marie-Antoinette Katoto, top scorer in Division 1 (18 goals), succeeds her teammate Kadidiatou Diani, even if the PSG was taken out by Lyon in the semi-finals of the Champions League and did not has more than a theoretical chance of retaining his title.

Finally, unsurprisingly, Karim Benzema, one of the favorites for the next Ballon d'Or (now awarded at the end of the season and no longer at the end of the year), was voted best Frenchman abroad for the third time in a row. .

With AFP

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