The PSG star suffered the injury in his side’s French Cup
last 16 win over Brest on Thursday in which Mbappe scored the opening goal.
Initial medical tests were reportedly “reassuring” but PSG
coach Luis Enrique will not want to risk his prize asset ahead of the Champions
League visit of Real Sociedad five days later.
Further tests on the player who is being linked to a move to
Real Madrid when his contract expires at the end of the season are scheduled
for Friday.
While Mbappe’s future is uncertain, so too is PSG’s
continued presence at their Parc des Princes home.
The club’s bid to buy the stadium from owners the Paris City
Council appear to have been quashed after a meeting on Thursday.
“It’s finished now, we want to leave the Parc des Princes,”
said the club’s Qatari president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
Lille, sitting fourth, will give Enrique’s men a decent test
ahead of next Thursday’s important European date.
The culprit for Mbappe’s injury was Brest defender Lilian
Brassier, who was sent off after a second yellow card and was then subjected to
racist attacks on social media.
Brest, who are flying high in third and host Clermont on
Sunday, issued a statement roundly condemning the online abuse received by
their player.
PSG, vying for their third straight domestic league title
and 12th in all, are coasting at the top, eight points clear of Nice, who host
south coast rivals Monaco.
Nice, owned by Manchester United’s new stakeholder Jim
Ratcliffe of Ineos, thrashed Montpellier 4-1 in the French Cup in midweek.
Friday’s sole fixture gives Marseille the perfect
opportunity to secure their first win of 2024 when relegation-threatened Metz
turn up at their Velodrome headquarters.
Marseille are looking to bounce back after last weekend’s
defeat to fallen giants Lyon who are away to Montpellier.
A win would ease nerves at Marseille where various crisis
meetings have been held as they have slipped down to eighth.
AFP
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