Pochettino spoke again about the tension with Navas and joked about the future of Mbappé

Paris Saint Germain is one step away from becoming Ligue 1 champion after losing last season's title to Lille. Although the main objective of winning the Champions League was far from being fulfilled, Mauricio Pochettino is preparing to lift the domestic trophy and then give way to the reorganization of the squad for next season, as long as the club has its services.

While the future of the Argentine coach is not yet clear, it was known that Lionel Messi will be available for this Saturday's match against Lens (from 16 in Argentina) at Parque de los Princes after being sidelined against Angers by a “inflammation of the left Achilles tendon.”

In that context, Poch touched on two absolutely sensitive issues for the French club at the press conference prior to the duel: the continuity of Kylian Mbappé and the constant tension with the archers over the alternation of ownership.

A few days ago, Keylor Navas expressed his annoyance at having to share the arc with Gigio Donnarumma and the DT answered him. In his last media briefing, the squad driver again touched on the subject: “I spoke after the game about Keylor's comments. He said what he felt. I think it was expressing a feeling but for the future, not in the face of what happened. I think it was explained in the best possible way. The most important thing in this is to achieve the goal of finishing in the best way. Then write the future under different circumstances taking into account the experience of this year lived. Like with Keylor, with a lot of players I talk to. We talked about his statements or mine on the plane back when we got back from Angers. Today we weren't talking about this topic, we were talking about other things that are private and I'm not going to reveal.”

In addition, he left a nice sentence about his desire to convince Mbappé to stay in Paris after the end of his contract in the middle of the season. “As a coach it doesn't bother me, you have to understand this kind of situation that happens not only in PSG but in all clubs. It is clear that this is neither the first nor will it be the last time that it will happen in the clubs. Adaptation is the most important thing, adapting to each personal situation of the players”, he began his clarification.

He added: “Of course I would selfishly like to have it with me, even take it with me on vacation, to my home. It is clear that we would like to have it and that the club would love it if you renew and stay with us. It's a very obvious thing. We all agree that it would be important for him to stay, but these decisions are always on the part of the player, club and different parties. Decisions will come as soon as the goal of winning the League is achieved. Not only with regard to Kylian, but in the other individual cases, there will be talk and decisions will be made when the goal is reached.”

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