Two French stars, one night in London
Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé will both be at the London Palladium on Monday night for the 70th Ballon d’Or ceremony, RMC Sport reported on Sunday. The pair are expected to fly to the British capital in the coming hours, and the organisers are already expecting them.
The schedule is tight for each of them. Mbappé, the top scorer at the World Cup, plays the Clásico for Real Madrid at Barcelona on Sunday night, with kick-off at 21:00. Dembélé, last year’s winner, is injured and was left out of the Paris Saint-Germain squad that faces Lyon on Monday evening, which leaves him free to make the trip.
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The rest of the PSG delegation is uncertain
According to RMC, nothing is settled for the other members of the Paris party. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is due to have surgery very soon, probably in Doha, on the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Captain Marquinhos hurt his right thigh in the 4-2 win over Barcelona earlier in the week, and his presence is also unclear. Club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who often works from London, is expected to decide at the last minute.
The Clásico itself puts two of the leading contenders for the trophy head to head, Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal and Mbappé, as AFP noted. Barcelona lead La Liga, six points clear of third-placed Real.
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