Christophe Galtier does not assume that he will be in demand as a Franco-Argentinian crisis mediator in the new year.

In any case, Galtier’s inferior compatriot Kylian Mbappé was in a good mood during training at Paris Saint-Germain. Laughing and smirking, the super striker from France strolled onto the training ground in Paris.

A cap on your head, your hands in warm gloves when the temperature is in the single digits, but ready and above all hot for a quick comeback on the pitch. Best this Wednesday (9 p.m.), together with Neymar, who was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the World Cup: Frustration relief after the World Cup low blows in PSG’s home game against RC Strasbourg.

“Physically everything is going according to plan, mentally he just wants to play. That’s a good sign,” Galtier said of Neymar. The Brazilian, who was so depressed after the World Cup, also preferred to practice with hat and gloves in the first 15 minutes that PSG broadcast the session on Tuesday on their own website, including with Achraf Hakimi from World Cup Sensations -Fourth Morocco.

Messi expected in Paris on January 2nd or 3rd

Because it really wasn’t as warm as around 11,000 kilometers away in Messi’s home town of Rosario. The world champion can enjoy the pleasant 30 degrees in the South American summer for a few more days. He is free until January 1st, and the 35-year-old is expected to return to PSG on January 2nd or 3rd. Also means: Messi will not only be absent against Strasbourg, but also next Sunday when league leaders PSG have to play against the first pursuer RC Lens for the matchday cracker.

So it will not be until the new year that Messi, the triumphant world champion from Argentina, and Mbappé, the slightly less outstanding but beaten on penalties, from France will meet again. PSG coach Galtier didn’t want to comment too much on the fact that the South Americans poured ridicule and scorn on their opponents in the final during their wet and happy celebrations. That’s up to the Argentines, he stressed.

Galtier declined to comment on Martínez’s behavior

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez in particular was unpleasantly noticed by his deposits, he had specifically mocked Mbappé when he held a doll with Mbappé’s crying face in his hands on the open bus at the world champion parade. “I don’t have to comment on the goalkeeper’s behavior,” said Galtier.

The most important thing is what he saw at the final, when Mbappé, also awarded as the top scorer at the World Cup in Qatar, congratulated Messi and also the Argentine coach Lionel Scaloni despite all the severe disappointment.

Nevertheless, it will be exciting to see how things continue with the noble offensive by PSG, the round of 16 opponents of German record champions FC Bayern Munich in the Champions League. Two superstars who fight back after World Cup disappointments and want to console themselves with sporting success. In addition, a superstar who, towards the end of his career, has ventured into new spheres and crowned his passion for football with the biggest title, but still hasn’t had enough of successes and trophies. The newspaper “Le Parisien” has already reported that there would already be an agreement in principle to extend Messi’s contract, which expires next summer, until June 2025.