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Gueye: PSG star Mbappe was big Everton fan

Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe is well aware of the Premier League.

That is according to his old teammate Idrissa Gana Gueye, who spoke about his own obsession with Everton while he was at PSG.

Gueye, who left the Toffees for PSG in 2019 and has since returned, used to watch every game he could.

“It was difficult in the last year, we keep supporting, we believed," said the Senegal midfielder, who rejoined the club in 2022, per The Mirror.

“I remember [Julian] Draxler every time we lose, he would go 'you see your team, they are not good!' and I would say, 'We will survive' so the day we survived against Crystal Palace he said 'you were lucky' and I said 'I told you'.

“I told him to come to Everton but he hasn't listened!" Everton games would be regularly on Gueye's phone when he was in team hotels.

“Mbappe, yeah he would watch," added Gueye.

“He liked to watch every game. [Lionel] Messi, no. It was difficult for me because we were losing a lot and he would say, 'Bro come on you see your team is losing and playing like this?' but it was funny.

“I used to send Seamus Coleman, Mason Holgate and Jordan Pickford messages 'Bro, please do it!'. It was important for me to support and show I was there for him."

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