You have just been named player of the month for the sixth time in your career, passing Zlatan Ibrahimovic. It makes you what ?

“I am proud because it leaves a mark. Zlatan was not just anyone, we know what he did in the championship and at the club. Going past him is symbolic. »

The team and its role within the collective

Some players talk about winning the Ballon d'Or before talking about trophies and thinking as a team. What do you think ?

"I was like that too (he repeats himself), but when you win important things collectively... I had the chance to win important things collectively, you realize that in fact it's them (l team) that propel you. All the times I thought I could do it all on my own, we didn't win. »

As I know you use your brain well, that's what I like with you, if I tell you 7+3 and 10-3, what does that tell you? From the outside, when you attack, your team is a 7+3, but sometimes, when you defend, it turns into 10-3.

“We are aware that we must do more. When you have three players of that level, three players of that status, you can't hide. »

“(Laughs) I take the example of City. I don't think we didn't have the will to move on. Afterwards, we were in a configuration where we were harassed. We were in our camp and we played three shots because we didn't have control. And from the moment you play the three shots, we had 70 meters to make counter-attacks. It is certain that there will sometimes be times when we will not be there in defense. Then we realize that we have to do more. When you have three players of that level, three players of that status, you can't hide. We assume that and I think we have to create something where we are not detached from the collective, whether defensively but also offensively. If Messi or Neymar has to come back to his 60 meters to touch the balls, we will definitely be off the hook. I think it's something we all have to try to find together, but of course we have to do our part. »

I like what you just said, because in particular you made an important point by explaining that you must stick to the defense. We, at Barça at the time, our defense was much higher, more behind us. Now let's talk about your game, I was a very big fan of the Mbappé of Monaco, until the 2018 World Cup, where you did very badly, but I was a little disappointed afterwards. Today, I am again attentive to your evolution.

“I arrived in Paris, where I learned a new football. »

“I learned a new football. I started in transition football, in a team – Monaco – where it was aqua boulevard. We were playing, but everyone was letting us score. I arrived in Paris where that was over. Every weekend it's 5-3-2 (opposite), no one picks us up. Everyone puts the bus. I started, I played on the right when I had never played on the right. I learned a new football. You learn a new status, you discover a new wardrobe. Monaco was a big club, but when you arrive at PSG with international stars, people who are bosses of their countries, who have won everything... Integrating yourself into a locker room is complicated too. There is a price too. We bought you expensive, we bought you to do something other than nine and a half. It was another system, other things, but I managed to get through it. I think you had to digest that. This is also what we see today when young players are transferred to new clubs. They are in trouble because you are asked other things. Today, we ask you to be ready immediately. There is no longer this “yes, we want to develop you” aspect. No, no, no... We wouldn't have bought you so expensive if we wanted to develop you. We buy you to get results right away. »

The evolution of his attitude and his game

Rather pass or goal? I often saw that you were obsessed with the goal, but I have the impression that you felt that it was important to make others better.

“I mostly said to myself that when you want to be a special player, why choose when you can do both? I am the best passer in the championship. I think I've been the best provider in the Champions League for three or four years. So it proves that I am not just a selfish person who only thinks of scoring. But I think I can still develop that quite a bit, because I think it doesn't limit me in my game."

“People who pay their way, they don’t care about your moods, whether you want to leave, whether you missed a penalty. »

Something hit me, and I feel like it was a little slap in the face for you, but that missed penalty at the Euros last summer had a big impact on your attitude, right? I would like to know how you got out of it and who helped you?

"When you take a wall, and the Euro is a wall, because you get eliminated in the round of 16 and you miss a penalty, you immediately ask yourself questions because it didn't go well pass. So why didn't it go well? And then I have my parents. I talked a lot with my mom and dad. They told me, knowing what was going to happen, because I knew I wanted to leave, to really refocus on the pitch. Maybe I was putting too much energy into something else. What had made my strength was the pitch and the best response I could give was being on the pitch. The people who pay for their place, they don't care about your moods, whether you want to leave, whether you missed a penalty. They come to see the number 7 of PSG play, to see what he can do and knows how to do. »

Having experienced it, I know that pre-games are not always easy to manage. What are you afraid of?

“To not win, to disappoint. Because you are demanding with yourself. People are demanding of me, but I am even more so than them. You always have an over-demand on yourself. You know what it is, you're talking to yourself. You tell yourself that you can't be like that, you can't disappoint, you can't play badly. It's something that drives you every day. »

His current situation at PSG and his future

For now, in my opinion, you are the boss of PSG this season. Do you think it's the same vision for everyone?

“(He thinks) It’s difficult because, when you play in a team with Neymar and Messi, calling yourself boss is daring. Now, it is certain that I am in a great period, the team is running well, I manage to help them as much as possible. But to say who is the boss, who cares a bit. The goal is to put the three in the best conditions because we are, as we say in English, three “game changers” (Henry laughs). Players who can change the game. Good, that's how it is. »

I have already done an interview with you in English, but also in Spanish. You speak this language very well, don't you?

“(He bursts out laughing) Yes, my Spanish is very good, but that’s because I wanted to be a great football player, a public figure and someone important. Today, you can't want to be an international star and only speak French. That does not make any sense. You have to know how to adapt to all circumstances. You arrive there, you know how to speak. (Henry raises it by implying a future departure to Real Madrid). (Laughs) No, first of all it was not for that. Afterwards, if it helps me (in the future), so much the better. We are not going to deprive ourselves of it. »

"I'm great here, I've always said so. »

I didn't want to ask you the question, because everyone talks about your future all the time.

“One day there is that, one day there is something else. There are so many new things happening that today you have to take the time. It is a decision that is not easy. Whatever happens, I will play in a big club. That's why, when people said to me "you're not too disappointed not to have been transferred? » I answered « yes, a little at the beginning, it is normal when you wanted to leave ». But, I did not stay in a National club. I am in a club that wants to win the Champions League. And besides, I'm Parisian, I have all my family here. I'm great here, I've always said that. It's just that at that time, I wanted to discover something else. (Henry revives him in Spanish) I'm not going to speak Spanish with you, I see where you want to take me (laughs). »

Thanks, keep it up and “hasta luego” (Both burst out laughing again).