Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti jokingly questioned whether Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino, coach of Paris Saint-Germain, told the truth when he claimed that his striker Kylian Mbappe will remain 100% in the Parisian team next season.
Mbappe’s contract with Saint-Germain expires at the end of the current season, and many reports strongly indicated the player’s departure for Real immediately after the end of his current contract.
When asked, during his team’s press conference today, Friday, before his expected match against Espanyol on Saturday in the Spanish League, about the statements made by Pochettino, Ancelotti answered: Pochettino said that Mbappe will remain in the team 100%, sometimes coaches cannot reveal the whole truth in press conferences.
He pointed out: I think that all Real Madrid fans are now thinking about the Spanish League and the Champions League only, and only this.
Real can clinch the Spanish League title on Saturday, as they need only a tie point in order to win the title, which will become his 35th in his busy history in the Spanish League.
Ancelotti did not confirm the participation of his French strikers Karim Benzema, or the Brazilian Vinicius Junior in the match, but he said that he would not risk any player who needs a rest before his difficult and expected match against Manchester City in the second leg of the semi-finals of the European Champions League.
Ancelotti concluded: I think Benzema and Vinicius may rest. But I support their participation if the players are in good condition, if someone needs a rest, I will give it to him, but it is not because the match is easy. A player will be given relief if his participation involves the risk of injury.
