PSG: Luis Enrique weighs on the downgrading of Kylian Mbappé

For several days, various extracts from the series dedicated to Luis Enrique on Movistar+ are broadcast here and there. Last week, the Spanish television network shared footage showing Lucho making a powerful speech to Kylian Mbappé, who was still under his command at the time. “I read that you liked Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan grabbed all his teammates by the balls and defended like a son of a bitch. (…) You must set this example, firstly as a person and as a player, to go and press. You need to go squeeze Cubarsi. Squeeze it and come back quickly. For what ? To be a leader. You are a phenomenon, a world-class player, no doubt about it. But that’s not enough for me. A real leader is someone who can help you even if he doesn’t score. If you set an example for others by going to press, you know what we’re going to get? A damn… team machine! I want you to leave here through the front door. In attack, I have nothing to tell you. But you have to become the best player in history while defending. That’s a leader, that’s Michael Jordan. Is it good for you? Is everything clear? »

This Monday, Movistar+ delights us by broadcasting extracts where the PSG coach empties his bag on the management of the French star. “Kylian was the cornerstone of this project on which everything rested. We tried to defend in such a way so that he didn’t get tired, attack in such a way so that he had freedom. Since I know he will no longer be there, it is no longer our priority and the basis of the project. It’s the team (…) Kylian the player is number 1, without a doubt. But Kylian the person is better than the player, more than you can imagine. Kind, well educated, attentive, correct, all that. But I believe that next season we will be better. People will say: “better without Kylian?” Yes yes.” At the moment, it is difficult to say that PSG are better without him, but Luis Enrique believes in it as he has admitted on several occasions.