I Can’t Guarantee Neymar And Mbappe’s Future – Thomas Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel says he cannot guarantee Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will be at Paris Saint-Germain next season, although he wants them to stay with the French champions. Mbappe revealed last week that he was considering his future after admitting he was open to a “new project”, although PSG later released a statement insisting the France World Cup winner would be staying. Neymar has been regularly linked with a switch to Real Madrid since he moved to Paris from Barcelona in the summer of 2017 for a world-record fee of £198m. 

When asked about the speculation surrounding the futures of Neymar and Mbappe, Tuchel – in Monaco for Sunday’s Grand Prix – told Sky Sports F1: “I am used to this. Now it is May, the stuff that I say now might not be true next month. “Things are like they are, there is a lot of speculation which means we have a lot of quality and talent. “My wish as a manager and as a coach is clear, I want all my players to stay at PSG and stay with our project. The work is not finished, it has just started.  “My wish is clear, but I can’t promise as that would be naïve and I don’t want to be naïve in this business.” PSG announced on Saturday that Tuchel had signed a contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2021. The German was appointed as Unai Emery’s successor last summer and led PSG to the Ligue 1 title during his debut campaign. Photo Credit: Getty

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