PSG coach Christophe Galtier, questioned at length on Friday at a press conference about the various cases that are shaking the capital club, found it “irritating and unpleasant not to talk about football”, two days before the Ligue 1 Classic. against OM.
“When you are the PSG coach you are very exposed but this is very special, it’s every day. I’m convinced that when I go home tonight there will still be something. This is not a pressure for me but it is very annoying and unpleasant not to talk about football and my job.
“You need to have control, experience and a certain age to manage all of this as well as possible. But you never talk about football. I am proud and happy to be the coach of PSG, I have been very happy when I was appointed but I realize that match after match, conference after conference, we talk about 1 minute 30 of football over fifteen minutes. We are only on non-sporting matters and whatever I can tell you say, you do not believe me, since you write the opposite of what I say”, he also declared to the address of the journalists.
“When I tell you that things are going well in the locker room, that the players get along, that they are serious, professional and united, nobody is interested and we are writing something else. I am not here to comment on rumors,” he added.
“I will not comment on anything”
Asked about Kylian Mbappé’s supposed departure wishes, revealed by several media on Tuesday, Galtier indicated that “Kylian had the best response by being voted best man of the match, generous for the team and united” against Benfica Lisbon Tuesday in the Champions League (1-1).
“Did I speak with Kylian about the rumour? No. I saw Kylian very serious in his preparation, very invested,” he explained.
Regarding Mediapart’s revelations on Wednesday concerning the establishment by PSG of a “digital army” in order to harm certain personalities on Twitter, including members of the club like Kylian Mbappé, Galtier replied: “if you expect me to I am commenting on this file, this rumor there, you will be mistaken, I will not comment on anything”.