During his time at PSG, Idrissa Gana Gueye briefly joined the squad before returning to Everton in 2022. He became close friends with Mbappe, Messi, and Neymar, which led to an interesting story about how he got Mbappe to start watching Everton, despite Messi’s teasing.

Reflecting on his three years at PSG, Gueye shared that he frequently watched Everton matches and even encouraged Mbappe to join him.

“Mbappe, yeah, he would watch,” the Everton midfielder told The Mirror. “He liked to watch every game. Messi, no. It was tough for me because we were losing a lot, and he would say, ‘Bro, come on, you see your team is losing and playing like this?’ but it was funny.”