An attacking attacker.
Always eagerly awaited, Kylian Mbappé was at a press conference this Sunday in Clairefontaine, where he was questioned on the public reproaches of Olivier Giroud which seemed to target him and on his Parisian news.
Did you explain yourself with Olivier Giroud?
KYLIAN MBAPPE.
We talked about it.
We have discussed.
We have talked about it a lot perhaps, there is nothing else to say.
I was a little affected by it.
We're not going to make a big deal out of it.
The France team remains the most important.
We have a common goal, it is not little trifles that will distract us from the essential.
We're all focused on the Euro
What affected you the most?
Wasn't my first answer good?
I am going to explain.
What he said doesn't bother me more than that.
It expresses a feeling, an attacking feeling, a feeling that I have had 365 times in games.
I saw him in the locker room afterwards, I congratulated him on his double and he didn't say anything to me.
He didn't say anything bad but release it publicly ... I would have preferred it to be more virulent in front of me.
I can do it in a locker room.
But these are small trifles.
We will already have difficult trials.
We do not need to put a spoke in the wheels.
Will this trifle leave traces?
Yes if there is no explanation.
There will be things left unsaid, it was a bit tense.
We put things flat, we passed this subject after the group, which remains the most important.
We are focused on the Euro.
I'm surprised that no questions are asked about the first game, an important game.
Do you release the ball faster depending on the identity of the players around you, whether it is Benzema or Neymar?
It's a little unhealthy what you're saying.
We try to say things without saying them.
Olivier, his profile is different.
Karim, him, comes to pick up.
You imply that I don't want to give Giroud the ball.
They are different profiles.
You compare with Neymar who touches 150 balls per match, Karim 80 and Olivier much less.
(He looks at the press officer).
There is no tension.
Does the presence of Karim Benzema make you better on the lawn?
We haven't played a lot together.
The quality of Karim is no longer to be proven.
He will bring us a lot: his technical quality, his sense of the game, he is able to score goals.
He's a complete striker.
As for me to know, time will tell.
We played 60 minutes together against a Welsh ten-man, and 30 minutes against Bulgaria before he got injured.
But I have no doubts about it.
How did you experience
Eriksen's unease with Denmark
?
We were in training, we were shooting free kicks and penalties.
The coach told us.
At the time, it's terrible.
We know the stress on the field for the players.
I hope he is well, for his family and loved ones.
We feared the worst.
We were all stressed out.
We hope there will be good news to come.
Where are you with your extension at PSG?
It does not interest me.
With all the respect I have for the PSG of which I am an employee, I only speak of the France team.
It is the most important.
"If he wants to decide who to recruit or not, that is not possible," said
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi
in L'Équipe on Monday.
What did you think of it?
I'm not interested, but I'll answer. I never asked the president or Leonardo for a single player. I am a soccer player, I stay on the field. I never asked for a single name from PSG.