Kylian Mbappe paid tribute to Thomas Tuchel following reports that Paris Saint-Germain sacked the head coach Thursday.

Former PSG captain Mauricio Pochettino, who was fired as Tottenham Hotspur manager in November 2019, is widely expected to be named as Tuchel’s successor.

“It is sadly the law of football, but nobody will forget your time here,” Mbappe posted on Instagram, as translated by Goal. “You wrote a wonderful part of the club’s history and I say to you, thank you coach.”

Mbappe won two Ligue 1 titles, the Coupe de France, the Coupe de la Ligue, and finished as a runner-up in the 2019-20 Champions League final during Tuchel’s two-and-a-half years in the French capital.

Tuchel successfully navigated this season’s Champions League group stage despite his side being rocked by coronavirus cases and injuries, but the club dropped points to Lens, Marseille, AS Monaco, Bordeaux, Lyon, and Lille on domestic duty.

PSG are just one point below joint-leaders Lyon and Lille in Ligue 1 after 17 matches. They return to action at Saint-Etienne on Jan. 6.

Diego Maradona’s autopsy discovered traces of drugs used to treat anxiety and depression, but no illicit drugs or alcohol were in his system at the time of his death, a toxicology report stated, according to ESPN’s Adriana Garcia.

It found that heart failure was the primary cause of death and that there was damage to Maradona’s heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver.

The report is part of an ongoing investigation into possible manslaughter. Around 30 officers raided the office and home of Maradona’s doctor, Dr. Leopoldo Luque, on Nov. 29 to gather potential evidence and establish whether the Argentinian icon received appropriate care after undergoing brain surgery.

Maradona died on Nov. 25 at the age of 60.

The findings prompted one of Maradona’s daughters, Gianinna, to condemn those who suspected he died of an overdose.

“All the motherf—— waiting for my dad’s autopsy to reveal drugs, marijuana, and alcohol,” she wrote on Twitter. “I am not a doctor but I saw him very swollen. That robotic voice. It wasn’t his voice.”

Neymar is expected to miss Paris Saint-Germain’s next two matches – and the remainder of 2020 – with an ankle injury that’s not as bad as previously feared.

“Following the sprain to his left ankle, there is some bruising to the bone and he continues to undergo treatment at the training ground,” PSG said in a statement Saturday. “He is expected to make his return in January.”

The 28-year-old will therefore be unavailable for PSG’s clash against Lille on Sunday and Wednesday’s encounter with Strasbourg.

Neymar already received a “reassuring” prognosis after being stretched off the pitch against Lyon last Sunday. Lyon midfielder Thiago Mendes, who tackled Neymar in second-half stoppage time, was sent off for the challenge.

PSG lost the game 1-0 and tumbled out of first in the Ligue 1 standings.

Neymar has scored nine goals in 12 matches across all competitions.

Disappointment over an unsuccessful attempt to leave Barcelona last summer had a negative effect on Lionel Messi coming into the new season, the Argentine superstar admitted.

“Everything that happened before the summer, how the season ended, then the burofax and everything else … I dragged everything into the start of the season a bit,” Messi told Spanish television channel La Sexta, as translated by Reuters.

“The truth is right now I’m feeling fine but in the summer I had a very bad time.”

Messi – who equaled Pele’s scoring record with a single club by getting his 643rd for Barca over the weekend – sent shockwaves through the football world when it emerged in August that he wanted to engineer a move away from the Camp Nou.

He eventually agreed to stay for the 2020-21 campaign in order to avoid a legal battle after outgoing president Josep Maria Bartomeu blocked his departure.

But after ending last season with over 30 goals, Messi experienced a dip in form this term, scoring just nine goals in all competitions without providing a single assist in La Liga.

With his contract set to expire next summer, Messi will be free to negotiate with other teams in January.

Barcelona have also struggled this season and sit eight points back of La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid.