A title for Paris and especially the advent of King Mbappé
DECRYPTION – Irreproachable on and off the pitch, efficient and involved even in turmoil, Kylian Mbappé is more than ever the most important player in Paris.
A little over two years ago, Kylian Mbappé felt that it was “time to have more responsibilities“. He has them. For the best. Despite the pharaonic recruitment last summer, the 23-year-old world champion took on a new dimension during the 2021-2022 campaign. That of the boss, of the innkeeper. “It’s daring to call yourself boss when you play in a team with Neymar and Messi. Say who’s the boss, who cares?… The goal is to put the three in the best conditions because there are three of us game changers,” he said at the start of the season. Except maybe there’s only one game changer.
If they do not say everything, the statistics speak for themselves: 41 games, 32 goals and 22 assists in all competitions, including 30 games, 22 goals and 14 assists in L1. And all the rest. How many times has Bondy’s crack, inevitably awkward on Saturday, saved a formless Paris this season, how many times has he represented the only danger, the…