Before the confrontation in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals midweek, PSG striker Kylian Mbappe gave a warning to Barca.
In the past, Mbappe was a “thorn” in Barca’s side, when he scored a hat-trick against the Catalan team in the Champions League. It was 2021, and Mbappe almost single-handedly helped PSG win 4-1 at home in the first leg and beat Barca in Lionel Messi’s final season at Camp Nou.
And recently, the France captain gave another warning to coach Xavi Hernandez’s team before the clash in the middle of this week. Mpappe declared on Telefoot: “I am ready and as always, I will not hide. Of course, we will do our best, and then the result will be up to God’s arrangement.” .
Besides, the French player also talked about the season being at an important moment, when PSG is still on the journey towards the goal of winning the quadruple: “Like every year, we enter an important period. important part of the season. At the end of April, we will evaluate what kind of season we will have.”
Recently, there was a public conflict between coach Luis Enrique and Mbapp , when the French player refused to commit his future to the home team at the Parc des Princes. In the past two months, Mbappe has had to sit on the bench or be substituted many times, and coach Enrique also joked that the same thing could very well happen in the match against Barca – his old team.
Mbappe is currently being linked with a transfer to Barca’s great rival Real Madrid as a free agent. Many sources confirm that Mbappe has reached an agreement with Los Blancos and will become the highest paid player at the Bernabeu team next season.