In an interview with Canal Football Club, Presnel Kimpembe spoke of his imminent return to the field after a long convalescence due to a ruptured Achilles tendon, which has kept him away from matches since February 2023.
Here is Presko again! The defender, 2018 world champion, shared his difficult experience, marked by relapses and operations, but now feels ready to regain his level of play. Despite doubts about his ability to reintegrate the PSG team, Kimpembe expresses his determination and love for the club, affirming that he is ready to face competition within the squad.
“I feel very good, I have good sensations, I have returned to group training but it has been a long year. What if I thought about quitting football? But no, never,” he assured in an interview with Canal Football Club this Sunday. The player recounts his ordeal with his major injury: “I had a ruptured Achilles tendon, it’s the worst injury, worse than the Crusaders. At that moment, we question everything a little, and even if people see me as dead, I know that I will come back. Never in my life could I have thought of going a year and a half, or even 2 years without playing, and being so patient, waiting every day at training without knowing when I was going to come back,” he admitted. .
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Under contract with PSG until 2026, Kimpembe assures that he is not afraid of the strong competition in Paris, despite his age and physical condition. “In all the big teams, there is competition, I knew it when I arrived, I still know it today, and tomorrow too. It's not a problem, I started with the biggest: Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, David Luiz, Zoumana Camara, Abdou Diallo… I know the competition. A love story with Paris? Of course, and it's mutual. When you come from Paris, grow up there and train to be a professional… There aren't many (…) When it's time, you'll discover a new Presnel, always ready to defend the colors of the club, 100%, with the same courage and the same anger.
