Mbappe to make his bow for PSG

– Kylian Mbappe (right) takes centre stage tonight as the French League returns from the international break with Paris St-Germain taking on Metz where they will unleash their latest marquee recruit.

The 18-year-old starlet joined PSG on a season-long loan from champions Monaco in a deal that includes the option to buy Mbappe for a fee rising to €180 million, the second most expensive transfer in history.

The French international is set to make his PSG debut away at rock-bottom Metz tonight with Unai Emery’s side chasing a fifth successive win to maintain their perfect start to the season.

Metz are the only team

Paris

without a point in Ligue 1 this term and need no introduction to Mbappe who scored a hat-trick against them in a 5-0 Monaco victory last February.

Emery confirmed Mbappe was ready for selection, and an injury to Angel di Maria while on World Cup duty with Argentina could prompt the Spaniard to thrust the teenager into a fearsome front three alongside world-record signing Neymar and Edinson Cavani.

Di Maria is set to miss several weeks with a thigh problem, while Italian midfielder Marco Verratti remains suspended with several of PSG’s South American contingent only expected back on Thursday.

Monaco, level with PSG at the top, will attempt to extend their record 16-match winning run away to Cote d’Azur rivals Nice, whose third-place finish last season is swiftly fading from memory.

Monaco also have an inform Radamel Falcao to call upon. –