A few months ago, faced with such a "pivot gate", Mauricio Pochettino would have dispatched the question in three seconds and as many words, explaining that everything-is-very-well-with-Kylian-it-is-a- great-player-thanks-a-lot.
But Galette is not Pochette, and the new Parisian coach has remained faithful to his principles and his line of conduct: when there is a problem, we talk about it, we burst the abscess and we try to move forward.
So that's what he did on Monday afternoon, during the pre-PSG-Benfica conference in the Champions League when, after a few questions about Messi's absence, the Grumpy Smurf's Instagram post arrived on the carpet.
Regarding the famous hashtag #pivotgang, Galtier said he saw it as the simple mark of a "hot reaction" sign of his striker's "frustration" given the course, content and result of the match against Reims on Saturday evening.
Galtier understands Mbappé's frustration
This does not mean that the subject does not exist, quite the contrary.
Christophe Galtier said he was very attentive to the speech of his striker during the rally with the France team, "where he feels more comfortable in the way he evolves in the offensive sector".
He explains that he spoke with his player “no later than this morning”.
But Galtier did not stop there, confirming the information that PSG had promised Mbappé to do everything to add the services of a top striker (like Lewandowski) to give him more freedom on the pitch. land to turn around.
"I don't know what was said to Kylian when he extended at PSG, but during the pre-season preparation we discussed a lot with Luis Campos and the president (Al-Khelaïfi) to have a fourth striker. , with another profile so that Kylian can evolve in his preferential zone but this player has not arrived, he said.
We have other players who are in a different register, we have Ney and Leo, who give him balls in a good mood, but it's true that he sometimes finds himself in the middle and he has the feeling of being a pivot.
But he is an intelligent player, able to adapt.
Mbappé sick against Reims
Relaunched on the subject, the Parisian coach confided that Mbappé was not originally supposed to play in Reims because "he was sick and tired", but that the combined absences of Messi and Neymar had forced him to review his planes.
Before concluding with a final coat of ointment to be sure that the message got through: "I am trying to reassure him by finding different options (tactics) which, for the moment, have not been put in place to different reasons, but we are very attentive to his remarks and we talk about it because he is a very important player in our team”.
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