Mbappé Left Out of PSG Squad for Final League Game of the Season

(FILES) Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappé holds the trophy as he celebrates after victory in the French League Cup final football match between Monaco (ASM) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at The Matmut Atlantique Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France on March 31, 2018. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
(FILES) Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappé holds the trophy as he celebrates after victory in the French League Cup final football match between Monaco (ASM) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at The Matmut Atlantique Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France on March 31, 2018. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
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Mbappé Left Out of PSG Squad for Final League Game of the Season

(FILES) Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappé holds the trophy as he celebrates after victory in the French League Cup final football match between Monaco (ASM) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at The Matmut Atlantique Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France on March 31, 2018. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
(FILES) Paris Saint-Germain's French forward Kylian Mbappé holds the trophy as he celebrates after victory in the French League Cup final football match between Monaco (ASM) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at The Matmut Atlantique Stadium in Bordeaux, southwestern France on March 31, 2018. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)

Kylian Mbappé has been left out of the squad traveling to Metz on Sunday for the final league game of the season.
PSG has already been crowned champion for a record-extending 12th time.
The star striker, who is leaving PSG after seven seasons at the French league club, has not been included in a group of 20 players selected by coach Luis Enrique, The Associated Press reported.
Asked to comment, PSG did not give a reason to justify Mbappé's absence.
The forward, who is widely expected to join Real Madrid, is not in the list of PSG players who are not available because of an injury.
Mbappé is the club's all-time top goalscorer with 256 goals, including 191 in the league.
He will have a final occasion to play with PSG in the French Cup final on May 25 against Lyon.
Mbappé won six league titles with PSG. He will finish as the league top scorer for the sixth time, and fifth outright after sharing the 2020 award with Monaco’s Wissam Ben Yedder.
Mbappé confirmed last week he will leave at the end of the season, having already told PSG in February.
Ousmane Dembélé, Vitinha, Marquinhos, Fabian Ruiz and Gianluigi Donnarumma will also sit out the trip to Metz.



Tottenham’s Bentancur Banned 7 Games, Fined $126,000 for Offensive Comment on South Koreans

Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham celebrates scoring the 1-2 goal during the English Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Ipswich Town in London, Britain, 10 November 2024. (EPA)
Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham celebrates scoring the 1-2 goal during the English Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Ipswich Town in London, Britain, 10 November 2024. (EPA)
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Tottenham’s Bentancur Banned 7 Games, Fined $126,000 for Offensive Comment on South Koreans

Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham celebrates scoring the 1-2 goal during the English Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Ipswich Town in London, Britain, 10 November 2024. (EPA)
Rodrigo Bentancur of Tottenham celebrates scoring the 1-2 goal during the English Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Ipswich Town in London, Britain, 10 November 2024. (EPA)

Uruguay midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur was banned for seven matches on Monday for making an offensive comment about South Koreans in relation to a remark about Tottenham teammate Son Heung-min.

The English Football Association said in a statement that an independent commission also imposed a £100,000 ($126,000) fine on the player.

Appearing on a Uruguayan television show in June, Bentancur was asked for a Tottenham player’s jersey and replied, “Sonny’s?” He added it could be Son’s cousin, too, because “more or less they are all the same.”

Bentancur apologized to Son on Instagram, saying it was a “very bad joke” and he would “never disrespect you or hurt you.”

He was charged by the English FA in September because he was alleged to have “acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought the game into disrepute.”

The FA said it constituted an aggravated breach because it included “reference to nationality and/or race and/or ethnic origin.”