{"id":292342,"date":"2023-10-04T11:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T11:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=292342"},"modified":"2023-10-04T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T11:24:23","slug":"kieran-trippier-reveals-son-would-prefer-to-walk-out-with-kylian-mbappe-for-newcastle-vs-psg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/kieran-trippier-reveals-son-would-prefer-to-walk-out-with-kylian-mbappe-for-newcastle-vs-psg\/","title":{"rendered":"Kieran Trippier reveals son would prefer to walk out with Kylian Mbappe for Newcastle vs PSG"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kieran Trippier will lead his side out as Champions League football returns to Newcastle <\/p>\n
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Kieran Trippier has revealed his own son would rather walk out as Kylian Mbappe\u2019s mascot than the Newcastle United defender when his side face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Trippier\u2019s six-year-old son Jacob will reportedly be a Newcastle United mascot as Champions League football returns to Tyneside for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n
It will be a momentous occasion for the club who fell below their high standards during Mike Ashley\u2019s ownership \u2013 a period which saw them spend two years in the Championship, in 2016-17 and 2009-10.<\/p>\n
The return of the top European football to St James\u2019 Park has already included a light show over the stadium with drones from shirt sponsor Sela spelling out the players\u2019 names in an eight-minute performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was having a bit of banter with him (Tripper\u2019s son) last night, and he said he wanted to walk out with Mbappe instead of me.\u201d Tripper said reported by The Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t really happy with that! He\u2019s obsessed with him, he\u2019s always watching his clips on YouTube.<\/p>\n \u201cI said to him \u2018if you get to walk out with Mbappe, you don\u2019t look at me in the tunnel!\u201d<\/p>\n Trippier has been a star in Newcastle\u2019s resurgence over the last two seasons, since he joined from Atletico Madrid in January 2022 in the first transfer window of Eddie Howe\u2019s reign at the club.<\/p>\n Wednesday will offer a new challenge to the England right-back, he will have to directly mark World Cup-winner Mbappe. But Trippier has already done so before, for England and Tottenham, although many of the Newcastle team had not played in the Champions League before their first group game against AC Milan.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kieran Trippier will have a battle to contain Kylian Mbappe on Wednesday night <\/p>\n “For me personally it\u2019s a challenge that I\u2019m ready for,” he said. \u201cI\u2019ve played against many good players and many good wingers in my career. This game is going to be no different.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Champions League is where I want to play and you play against the best wingers in the world. I played against him on his debut game for Monaco, when I was at Tottenham, I played against him for England on my debut. That was quite a few years ago. He is a fantastic player, but you want to play against the best.\u201d<\/p>\n Newcastle will be looking to Trippier for leadership, as only six players in their starting XI against AC Milan had played in the competition before and, of those, Alexander Isak had just one appearance to his name.<\/p>\nRecommended<\/h3>\n
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