Christophe Galtier knew he was expected this Thursday at a press conference after the episode of the supposed confusion between Neymar and Mbappé during and after the match against Montpellier.

And unsurprisingly, questions arose on this theme from the start of the conference.

“There is no discomfort, it is an epiphenomenon, directly explained the former Lille coach two days before the trip to Lille on Sunday.

We obviously saw each other the next day to smooth things over.

I confirm it to you with a lot of sincerity, we had a very pleasant week to prepare well for the match against Lille.

I appreciated each of the sessions of the week during which this epiphenomenon disappeared.

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Asked about the order of the penalty shooters after the imbroglio between Ney and Kyky last Sunday, Galtier seemed to want to give the players the choice to work out, despite the establishment of a clear hierarchy of shooters before the game. .

“It can only be evolutionary, because it depends on who is on the ground.

Against Montpellier, Kylian was number 1 and Neymar number 2. There is an interpretation then on the order when there is a second penalty, he detailed.

There is what I want in the preparation for the match, which must be respected, and there is also the reality of the match.

It's important for our attackers to score goals, for their confidence.

But there are match situations and it's up to the players to be smart to step aside when necessary to give confidence to partners.

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A complicated end of the transfer window

Less than two weeks before the closing of the transfer market, the Parisian coach did not hide that the slowness of negotiations with the latest targets of PSG was not doing his business.

One thinks in particular of the case of Milan Skriniar (Inter) announced as the priority of priorities to put a little competition in central defense and whose file seems totally blocked by the crazy demands of the Inter players (70 million, excluding bonuses), while the Croatian only has one year left on his contract.

“We have identified the players we are missing.

There is the reality of the market and we have a lot of players under contract.

This is what the club is counting on Antero [Henrique] to reduce the number of contracts.

We chat every day.

There is always a gap between the economic and sporting aspect.

We are in a hurry, we will soon continue, and we must not believe that it is easy to integrate a new player.

The fact that these players do not arrive penalizes us, ”he conceded.

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