Newcastle United captain Jamaal Lascelles has revealed that he would only trade clothes with Kylian Mbappe on one condition.
The Magpies welcome Paris Saint-Germain to St James’ Park for their second Champions League match of the season, following a crucial 1-1 draw against AC Milan at the San Siro.
And club captain Lascelles stressed that the team’s objective was to win the competition for the first time in nearly two decades when they hosted French heavyweights PSG.
Despite the departures of Lionel Messi and Neymar this summer, PSG still has a strong lineup that includes Mbappe, Ousmane Dembele, Gianluigi Donnarumma, and Achraf Hakimi.
Nonetheless, Lascelles stressed that Newcastle is approaching the game as if it were any other, with the only goal of carrying out their game plan.
When asked about the possibility of swapping shirts with Mbappe, Lascelles said via Chronicle Live: “It’s not something we have really spoken about. We are just focusing on how the manager sets us up as players.
“We are looking to stick to the game plan and win the game. That’s all we care about. We don’t care about names and stuff like that.”
When pressed on swapping shirts if approached by Mbappe, Lascelles, replied: “If he [Mbappe] asks me? Yeah, when we get to the tunnel but on the pitch it’s just business.
“Kylian Mbappe is probably the best player in the world. We just need to be professional and that’s what we are. It’s just about getting the job done.”
Mbappe has established himself as one of the top players in the world in recent years, scoring 220 goals in 267 games for PSG since signing from AS Monaco in 2018.
Furthermore, in the Champions League, he has 35 goals in only 53 games, giving him PSG’s biggest attacking danger versus Newcastle.