KYLIAN MBAPPE has called on Paris Saint-Germain to spend even more money this summer if they want to end their wait for Champions League glory.
PSG reached the Champions League final for the first time last season but lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in the Lisbon showpiece.
Kylian Mbappe believes PSG can win the Champions League if they recruit well
With a number of first-team stars departing this summer, Mbappe is hoping the big-spending French champions can make some smart moves in the transfer market in order to go one better next season.
Mbappe told Telefoot: “Of course I am optimistic that we will win the Champions League.
“We have to because, if we don’t believe it, no one is going to believe it for us.
“It’s football and you have to get over it. Lots of teams lost a final and won the year after.
“Obviously, PSG grew up with this final. Before, we had this block of the quarter-finals, now we broke that.
“You have to recruit well, you have to buy players.
“I hope we will have good recruits and that we can restart the season with the aim of doing better.”
Edinson Cavani, Thomas Meunier and Thiago Silva have all left the Paris this summer while Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting was also set to depart but now looks likely to be offered a new deal.
Mbappe scored the only goal of the game as France beat Sweden 1-0 in the Nations League on Saturday.
The 21-year-old is still struggling with the ankle injury that kept him on the bench for the start of PSG’s Champions League quarter-final win over Atalanta in August, and is a doubt for Les Blues’ match with Croatia on Tuesday.
It remains to be seen whether the injury will keep him out of the start of PSG’s Ligue 1 campaign, which kicks off on September 10 against Lens.
Thomas Tuchel’s side have already been rocked by the potential postponement of that fixture though, after SIX first-team players tested positive for Covid-19.
Neymar, Marquinhos, Mauro Icardi and Leandro Paredes are all thought to have contracted the virus after holidaying together in Ibiza while Keylor Navas and Angel Di Maria also contracted the virus.
Neymar ‘tests positive for coronavirus’ after Ibiza holiday as PSG confirm three cases just eight days before season
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
