French international top scorer Kylian Mbappe has officially decided his future with Paris Saint-Germain, by announcing on Friday his departure at the end of the season from the capital club, with which he recently won the local football league title.
This came via a video posted by Mbappe on his official Instagram account: In which he said: “It is my last year at Paris Saint-Germain. I will not extend (the contract) and I will end my adventure in a few weeks. I will play my last match at the Parc des Princes on Sunday.”
The 25-year-old was hoping to end his adventure with the capital club on a better note by leading him to the Champions League final for the second time in its history, but the journey ended Tuesday in the semi-finals at the hands of German club Borussia Dortmund, who won the second leg in Paris 1-0, the same result. The first leg at Signal Iduna Park.
Sunday’s match against Toulouse will be Mbappé’s last appearance among Saint-Germain fans, because the last two matches are Wednesday against Nice (postponed from Stage 32) and Metz outside the Parc des Princes.
Mbappe ends his seven-season journey in the colors of Saint-Germain by winning the French League title with the possibility of winning the local treble after the team of Spanish coach Luis Enrique won the Champions Cup (Super Cup) at the beginning of the season, in addition to qualifying for the cup final, where it will face Lyon on the 25th of this month.
Saint-Germain will lift the League Cup on Sunday at its home stadium and in front of its fans, after clinching it in the last stage as a result of the defeat of its host Monaco against its host Lyon 2-3, after the capital team stumbled 24 hours earlier against its guest Le Havre 3-3.
The French star added in his message: “There are many feelings. For many years I had the opportunity and honor to be in the ranks of the largest French club and one of the best in the world, which allowed me to arrive here to have my first experience with the club with great happiness, and to grow as a player for sure.” “To be around some of the best in history and great heroes, to meet so many people, and to grow as a man as well, with all the glory and the mistakes I made.”
He continued: “I first want to thank my teammates and all my former teammates, and all the coaches: Unai Emery, Thomas Tuchel, Mauricio Pochettino, Christophe Galtier, and Luis Enrique, and I also thank the sporting directors Leonardo and Luis Campos for always accompanying me, and all the club’s technical staff who were present in the shadows from “The physical trainers and all the amazing people who gave everything for the club and they deserve that recognition.” He continued: “It is difficult, and I did not think that leaving my country, France, and the French League, would be that difficult, but I need to take on a new challenge after 7 years. It is difficult and there are people I want to thank, and they are the fans. I did not want to deceive them, but I wanted to always be influential.” Germain is a club that makes you love it or hate it, and I chose to love it, and I did that over the course of 7 years, between victories and disappointments.”
He concluded: “I do not regret any moment after signing for this club. The club will remain in my memory for the rest of my life, and I will tell everyone that I had the opportunity to play here. I will not be a player in Paris, but I will continue to follow the team’s matches, of course, as this is a club I will always care about and I will follow its news closely.” “This is me, with my quality and my faults. I tried to present the best version of myself in those seven years. I thank you all and I hope that we will finish the season with the last title.”
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