"Kylian Mbappé, are you ready?", Phil Foden is not the author of the incendiary tweet

A tweet that set fire to the powder two weeks before the semi-final first leg between Manchester City and PSG.

Scorer and great architect of the qualification of the Citizens this Wednesday at the expense of Borussia Dortmund (2-1, 2-1), Phil Foden already seemed to be turned towards the double Parisian confrontation.

So ecstatic at the idea of ​​approaching the first semi-final of his young career that he took the opportunity to pin Kylian Mbappé on Twitter.

"Are you ready?"

("Are you ready?") He posted followed by a "handshake" emoji then about twenty minutes after the final whistle on the lawn of Signal Iduna Park.

A publication perceived as a provocation or even as a sign of arrogance by some supporters but that Phil Foden would not have written at all with his fingers, as reported by Sam Lee.

The journalist from

, specialist in Manchester City and close to the young English player, specifies that “Foden did not post this tweet on Mbappé himself, it was done by the company that manages his account.

People close to Foden are not particularly happy with it and it has been deleted ”. 

Phil Foden didn't write his own tweet about Kylian Mbappe, it was done by the company that manages his account.

People close to Foden are not particularly happy with it and it has been deleted.

(Via @SamLee) pic.twitter.com/TNrGMNM1Pr

- Blue Moon (@FRBlueMoon) April 14, 2021

Indeed, this tweet would have had the gift of annoying the attacking midfielder of Manchester City and his entourage.

Still, the opposition between two of the top prospects is sure to make your mouth water, and the pair could be the X-factor for their respective teams. 

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