Thomas Tuchel records the returns of Kylian Mbappé and Marco Verratti on the occasion of the trip to Nice.
On the other hand, Thilo Kehrer should be too short.
Will Kylian Mbappé be available for travel to Nice less than two weeks after his positive coronavirus test?
THOMAS TUCHEL.
I spoke with the doctor, the League has agreed and he will be with the group.
So now it's between me and the player.
We're going to talk to each other after training, to see if he's feeling good.
And then we'll decide if he starts or ends the match.
What will it bring you?
It brings speed, quality, creativity, and most importantly, the hunger to score.
But we are talking about a player who suffered a major injury (
Editor's note: ankle in August
), then a positive test for coronavirus, so we must protect him.
We can't expect too much from him, we have to be patient.
If he plays tomorrow he will do it for us and to attack the last row with Mauro Icardi, because the two are good together.
But I'm not expecting an exceptional match.
He is in a phase where he has to regain his pace, and confidence.
Can Marco Verratti start tomorrow in Nice?
Marco did the training this Friday without any problem, after feeling pain in the adductor.
I really hope he plays tomorrow.
And that the situation will not change after the last training.
Do you want to recruit a left-back after Juan Bernat's knee injury?
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Juan's injury is very serious because he is a key player for us.
He put on extraordinary performances, and unfortunately for him it's six months away.
But in this position, we have Layvin Kurzawa, suspended at the moment, Mitchel Bakker and Abdou Diallo, so recruiting a left side is not the priority.
Do you regret the decision of Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, who declined PSG's offer?
Yes, because he was an important guy for us.
He was in that group, and he was an important part of it.
He played his role perfectly.
It is up to us to find another solution.
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Is playing in an empty stadium in Nice an advantage for PSG?
Maybe, but that's not a big advantage.
We really miss the spectators and not only at the Park.
Their presence gives us an energy, and an extra level in each game.
In Lens, it was a good atmosphere, it's different to play in front of 5000 or no spectator.
How is your preparation organized between matches?
Do you have time for tactics, for example?
The important thing now is to recover well, because we cannot lose new players and we do not have a lot of replacement possibilities.
Overuse is always the risk, we may have done it with Thilo Kehrer, victim of adductor pain, and uncertain for Sunday.
We still do a little tactics, video, especially on the 3rd day.
But we can't put in place new tactical solutions, now is not the time.
We stay on our 4-4-2.
