"It's so boring" - Luis Enrique sick of Kylian Mbappe substitution questions
Since telling the French champions that he would be leaving the club at the end of the season when his contract expires, Mbappe has been the victim of numerous early substitutions from Enrique.
Les Parisiens' all-time top scorer previously did not miss a single minute of Ligue 1 football from September 30 to February 2, playing the full 90 in 14 successive matches, but he has now completed the entire match in just one of PSG's last seven top-flight games.
That sole 90-minute appearance saw Mbappe net a hat-trick in a 6-2 crushing of Montpellier HSC before the international break, and he wore the captain's armband in Sunday's battle with Marseille in Le Classique, only to be withdrawn just after the hour mark.
The 25-year-old was noticeably peeved to see his number appear on the board again, and Enrique has previously stated that PSG must get used to playing without Mbappe, suggesting that the attacker's decision to leave the club is playing a significant part in his early withdrawals.
Luis Enrique: 'I don't care if people disagree'As expected, Enrique was pressed on his decision to take off the league's top scorer for the third time in five matches, having also sacrificed Mbappe at half time against former club Monaco and on the 65-minute mark against Rennes in February.
The ex-Barcelona boss subsequently benched Mbappe altogether for a 2-2 draw with Reims on March 10, where the World Cup winner only earned 17 minutes as a substitute, and he issued a spiky response to the familiar questions.
«People don't agree with my decision? I don't care. It's the same music
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