Paris Saint-Germain played its first friendly in preparation for the 2023/2024 season. The French team no longer has Lionel Messi, who this Friday would make his presentation at Inter Miami, nor Christophe Galtier on the bench of the substitutes. The one who still remains, although his future is unknown because the club's skipper, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, gave him until July 31 to decide whether or not to renew his contract, is Kylian Mbappé.
So in doubt is the scorer of the Qatar 2022 World Cup that he was a substitute in the friendly that the now led by Luis Enrique beat Le Havre 2-0, a team recently promoted to Ligue 1, Eye: having started on the bench did not prevent him from not scoring Mbappé, who entered at 21 minutes of the second half to replace Ismaël Gharbi and on the hour put the 2 to 0. The first goal of the match had been scored by Hugo Etikite.
Another interesting fact is that, for the first time, Kylian shared the court with his brother Ethan, who is 16 years old and who played the entire second half of the match. The question that arises based on the consideration of the youngest of the Mbappes is whether it will be a seduction maneuver so that the world champion with France in 2018 has a motivation to renew his contract.
PSG's preparation will continue, but several kilometers away from Paris, given that they will play three games in Japan: in Osaka against Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi Al-Nassr (July 25), against Cerezo Osaka (July 28) and against Inter in Tokyo (August 1). Finally, the runners-up of the League of that country, Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsFC, will face on August 3 at the Asiad Main Stadium in Busan.
Mbappé and Neymar, the faces of the Asia tour
The most striking of the tour of Asia was the inclusion of Mbappé and Neymar in the posters of promotion of PSG, taking into account that both the future of the Frenchman and the Brazilian in the club are uncertain.
On the one hand, Mbappé seems not to have fully resolved his future. What is known so far is that the striker has a contract until June 30, 2024 with the Parisian club. And while he is willing to honor the contract, he has no intention of activating the extension clause for another year. At PSG they do not want to know anything with him leaving without money coming in.
Neymar, who is recovering from a serious ankle injury, has a good part of the Parisian fans against him, but he himself confirmed this week his intention to stay at PSG, with which he has a contract until 2025.
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