Thierry Henry has closely followed the soap opera around the future of Kylian Mbappé in recent months. And the top scorer in the history of the Blues is delighted to see the 23-year-old striker continue his adventure at PSG.

Thierry Henry was seated in the front row during the UNFP Trophies ceremony, organized ten days ago at the Pavillon Gabriel. In the west of Paris. Right next to Kylian Mbappé. The top scorer in the history of the Blues took the opportunity to chat throughout the evening with the 23-year-old striker. Without knowing that he was preparing to reject the advances of Real Madrid in order to extend his adventure at PSG (until 2025). An announcement that delighted the former idol of Arsenal.

“It’s huge for French football. I thought he was going to leave, he confides in remarks reported by Goal. I think he changed his mind. I don’t know exactly what made him change his mind (…) There must have been something deep in the discussions. I saw some people calling him. Apparently, when the president (Emmanuel Macron, editor’s note) called him to stay, it was crazy.”

“Fortunately, he stayed”

Despite the anger of the people of Madrid and the huge sums relayed by the Spanish press, Henry does not think that Mbappé stayed in Paris for a financial reason. “He has the club, obviously, in his heart,” the 1998 world champion recalls. to something, the money would have come anywhere anyway, wherever he went, but he wanted to stay.”

The choice of Mbappé will allow PSG to reorganize to maintain its dreams of European glory. By pulling the whole hexagonal football upwards. In any case, that’s what Henry hopes. “At club level, we don’t win often in Europe. We only have two wins. I believe it was PSG who won the Cup against Rapide de Vienne (1996) and Marseille beat Milan (1993), observes “Titi”, now a consultant for Prime Video. Other than that, we don’t have a lot of things, so if you lose a guy like Kylian, it would be a bit difficult for PSG to get away with it. win one. But luckily he stayed (…) French football, at the level of the national team is at its highest, but it is vital for PSG, for Paris and for French football that Kylian stays.”