PSG: Mbappé, a season to go even higher

"We should not expect too much from Kylian Mbappé", swears Thomas Tuchel.

We are not used to hearing or reading this kind of thing about the 21-year-old prodigy, already unanimously considered one of the best strikers on the planet ... But if the German coach wants to be careful, this is only because of a very specific context, while Mbappé should make his debut in 2020-21 this Sunday (1 p.m.), in Nice, he who missed the first three matches of PSG because of Covid- 19.

He tested positive on September 7.

“If we talk about Kylian, the answer is easy, he brings everything to our matches: speed, hunger to score, creativity.

Perhaps the most important thing is the hunger to always score.

But it's about Kylian now, after a big (ankle) injury and the virus.

That means we also have to protect the player.

Not just in terms of playing time, but with our expectations. ”

"A difficult phase for him individually"

Thomas tuchel

And Thomas Tuchel to add: “I really hope he can give his quality to attack the last row with Mauro (Icardi).

Normally the two are very good together.

But I am not waiting for the decisive game on his own.

It is a difficult phase for him individually, to readjust to the rhythm, to regain confidence in duels, in his physical capacity after the corona.

We have to give him confidence and be patient with him. ”

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The return of Mbappé, even lacking rhythm, not even 100% yet, will nevertheless do a lot of good to this PSG in lack of goals, scorers.

The champions of France have indeed found the net once in Ligue 1. “It's very easy to explain.

We lack attackers, assured the German coach on Wednesday.

We had four last season.

There, we only played with a real striker (against Metz, 1-0), Mauro.

Angel (Di Maria) and Pablo (Sarabia) are half-space players.

We play without training too.

It's missing.

If we can do the same without something without these players, why would they have been there in a season in which we were very successful? "

Suddenly, one of the priorities of the transfer window is to find “attackers”, as Tuchel indicates, in order to compensate for the departures of Edinson Cavani and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

The former Dortmund coach also expects "a central defender or a midfielder" to replace Thiago Silva, but not necessarily a left-back, despite the long-term absence of Juan Bernat (knee).  

In the meantime, the lights are therefore green for Mbappé, who must therefore begin his fourth Parisian season this Sunday, he who landed in 2017 from Monaco.

To see if he will start, or if he will enter during the game. With the many absent (Neymar, Paredes, Kurzawa, Diallo, Kehrer) and the players who have been in great demand since the resumption (Di Maria, Herrera, Gueye, Sarabia…), Tuchel shouldn't ask the question for too long.

Extension or transfer in sight?

In any case, that does not change the expectations placed on Kylian Mbappé for the 2020-21 financial year, a pivotal year in many respects.

There are obviously the usual objectives with Paris, namely to continue the raid on the national scene and return to the Champions League final.

If possible, with another outcome than last August 23, in Lisbon ... Moreover, Mbappé will undoubtedly be all the more keen to shine in C1 since he had not excelled against Bayern Munich, masking several opportunities straightforward, including one at the very end of the first period.

There is also Euro 2021 with the Blues.

Even the Olympics in Tokyo?

Last but not least, the “Bondy kid” will have to decide on his future.

Under contract until 2022, he has the cards in hand.

From English sources, Mbappé has already chosen to leave the Parc des Princes in 2021, with La Liga or the Premier League in the lead.

To see… Leonardo has only one word in mind: overtime.  

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- PSG offers itself a little respite, but ...

For the rest, Mbappé will be keen to progress, again.

Because yes, he can still progress.

And if we are to believe some consultants, like Rolland Courbis, he has not moved one iota last season ... "He will be the best player in the world, promises the former star scorer of PSG of the 70s , Carlos Bianchi.

Sooner or later it will happen.

We sometimes talk more about the creators.

He is more a scorer than a creator.

He's clever, but it's his speed that makes the difference.

On 10 meters, he can take one easily ... He is still young.

He has time.

But he has to work face to face with the guards.

He sometimes misses goals that are easier to set than to miss.

But it's not easy to be facing the goalkeeper. ”

In the meantime, it's time for Nice and this match of the fourth day.

And a victory would be welcome.

It doesn't matter how.

Because the benefits of the almost miraculous success against Metz would suddenly fly with a third defeat in four league games ... And this even if it is not easy to chain Final 8 and L1.

This is the choice of the LFP.

It is not that of other League ....

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