PSG head into Champions League last 16 with all eyes on Kylian Mbappé
The Paris Saint-Germain manager, Luis Enrique, was reluctant to talk about Kylian Mbappé before Wednesday’s Champions League match with Real Sociedad. Mbappé has been nursing a sore left ankle and was an unused substitute in Saturday’s league game against Lille.
Asked on Tuesday if Mbappé was ready to start in the first leg of their last-16 contest, Luis Enrique replied with a terse “yes”. “He could have played four days ago if it was a final,” the coach said. “But since it wasn’t, it wasn’t worth taking the risk.”
The 25-year-old’s contract runs out at the end of June and the France forward has yet to say if he will stay, with reports heavily linking him with a move to longtime suitor Real Madrid. It was put to Luis Enrique that the match at Parc des Princes could be Mbappé’s last home game for the club in the Champions League. “No,” Luis Enrique said, flatly. “That is not how I feel about it.”