Mbappe to bring curtain down on PSG career in French Cup final

(FILES) Paris Saint-Germain’s French forward #07 Kylian Mbappe cheers to supporters during warm up before the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Toulouse (TFC) on May 12, 2024 at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. – Kylian Mbappe is absent from Paris SG’s squad to face Metz on the 34th and final day of Ligue 1, and will therefore not play a final league match before leaving the club this summer. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Kylian Mbappe will bring the curtain down on his Paris Saint-Germain career on Saturday and has the chance to sign off with another trophy in the French Cup final against Lyon.

It will be Mbappe’s 308th and final appearance for his hometown club, for whom he signed in August 2017 from Monaco in a 180 million-euro deal.

That is assuming the France captain, now aged 25, plays in the game in Lille. He sat out PSG’s last two Ligue 1 matches of the campaign, their 2-1 win at Nice on May 15 and Sunday’s 2-0 win at Metz.

It seems that he was left out of those matches to keep him fresh for the Cup final, with PSG having already wrapped up the Ligue 1 title, although coach Luis Enrique hinted that he has not been entirely happy with his star man’s application of late.

“This week we will see who is ready, who is not, and who has the most desire,” he said last weekend.

“The French Cup final is very important for us.”

Mbappe’s time with PSG has been laden with silverware, at least on the domestic scene.

He has helped the Qatar-owned club win the Ligue 1 title six times and the now-defunct League Cup twice. Victory against Lyon on Saturday will allow him to claim a fourth winners’ medal in the French Cup.

But of course his time at the Parc des Princes has also been marked by a lack of