While he has not set foot on the pitch since February 26, 2023 and a victory for Paris Saint-Germain on the Vélodrome pitch against Olympique de Marseille (3-0), Presnel Kimpembe, whose return to the competition is not yet known, commented on the new direction taken by his club since the arrival of Luis Enrique a year and a half ago. For him, nothing to say, the project is great: “The project is great. We have everything to succeed. We can't complain. We have a good coach, a good staff. We have the infrastructure which is incredible. Everything we need, we have it, every day. We can't say 'I miss this, I miss that'. No, we have everything on site” he explained in an interview for Canal+ while saying more about his relationship with the Spanish coach: “Honestly good. You have the impression that we don't know each other but we know each other very, very well. I played against him when we faced Barcelona and Spain. Casually, the coach knows me very well and I know him very well too.“
A good relationship with Luis Enrique!
The 2018 world champion then spoke about his return to competition and the legacy he wants to leave at PSG: “What if I thought about quitting football? No, never. It really wasn't easy, there were moments of doubt, questions. We question everything a little but from there to stopping my career, no. I still have a lot of things to do, even if people see me as dead, I know it will come back. My role is always the same. It's about being the Presko I've been since the beginning, but with more experience. It's knowing how to supervise young people, talking to older people when necessary, it's being the link between these two generations. Even if I'm one of the oldest now, I'm not very old anyway (smile). I want to give this image of the player who was trained at the club, who knows the club by heart and who also has a need to give back to others. All. I leave my body there. I already left a tendon, it's not bad (laughs). No, more seriously, my next dream is that young people will have an easier time reaching the pros. To be able to take care of young people, to share what I have learned, how they can move forward. The ball is good, but it's not just that. It happens first in school, education, when they arrive and set foot in the pros, discipline, resilience, hard work“ he explained before confiding in a possible fear that his career at PSG would end with this injury: “I didn't have any stress or fear about it because I know who I am and what I could bring to the club, whether on or off the field. And I know what the club has given me too. From that moment on, I slept peacefully. Whether it was the president, the technical staff, the teammates and all the people behind the scenes, I really had incomparable support.
Finally, he spoke about his best memory in the red and blue jersey: “I have a lot of good times. Just one to remember? The first match against Barcelona (February 14, 2017, 4-0, editor's note) because it was special and it was my first Champions League match. I was a little kid and no one knew me. Replacing Thiago Silva in a first Champions League match against Messi, Neymar and Suarez was unprecedented. Nobody expected this. It was the telling match“.
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Presnel Kimpembe, the Paris Saint-Germain defender, spoke about his relationship with Luis Enrique. While he has not set foot on the pitch since February 26, 2023 and a victory for Paris Saint-Germain on the Vélodrome pitch against Olympique de Marseille (3-0), Presnel Kimpembe, whose return to the competition is not yet known, commented on the new direction taken by his club since the arrival of Luis Enrique a year and a half ago. For him, nothing to say, the project is great.
