Mbappe contract update given by PSG amid mismanagement claims

Robin Bairner

• Updated: 19 May 2021 15:43 BST
• 5 min read

Kylian Mbappe’s contract continues to be a work in progress for Paris Saint-Germain amid claims that the Ligue 1 club have not managed the forward effectively.

Mbappe picked up a knock against Metz last Saturday that triggered a calf problem that will see him sit out the league match on Saturday against Lens.

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Head coach Mauricio Pochettino has defended his management of the player, who was unusually quiet in Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League defeat at home against Manchester City.

“He played the match at the last moment,” Pochettino admitted, referencing the 3-1 victory last weekend, in which Mbappe scored twice.

“We said that against Metz, he hardly touched the ground when he was running. He was almost flying because he was so good physically.

“In the match before that, against Angers in the Coupe de France, he was rested. And he played the game before that.

“I think we handled him perfectly.

“He suffered his injury at the end of the match against Metz. It could have happened in the first minute. It could happen any time you’re on the pitch.

“It produced an imbalance which has led to this calf problem, which is not serious.”