It was 2017 when Mbappé surprised the world in a Champions League match at the Etihad. Without wanting or knowing it, Monaco began to lose him that night because the Frenchman put himself in the window. PSG knocked on his door. However, in order not to skip the UEFA economic regulations after taking that same summer to Neymar Barça, agreed with the Monegasque team a transfer the first year with a mandatory purchase clause: 145 million euros and another 35 in variables.
Today Mbappé is reunited with his ex. A special clash for a footballer who owes a lot to Monaco. That generation, along with other colleagues like Mendy, Fabinho, Bernardo silva The Lemar they conquered Europe without having to win the Champions League. They made a name for themselves. None as mediatic as that of Kylian, who after four years at PSG is now torn between renewing or fulfilling his illusion of wearing white with the Real Madrid shirt.
Arrives Mbappé in a sweet moment of the season, effective in front of door and with evidence that his connection with Messi it is not just a mere appearance. Both understand each other on the field, protagonists of the triumph of PSG against Bruges during the week. A journey that has to serve as a turning point for Pochettino, who knows that he has to offer more than just leading Ligue 1. Winning is good, it is essential, but he also has to convince.
Does not arrive at the game Sergio Ramos, with muscle fatigue, or Kimpembe, with abdominal pain. He will not be in Monaco either Cesc Fàbregas, who has been suffering a groin injury since the end of September that will prevent the reunion with Messi. The team of Kovac arrives at the Parc des Princes after two consecutive victories and with the intention of climbing towards the noble zone of the league, in which there is only one hierarch: the PSG of Mbappé, the boy who became a star in Monaco.