Leader of PSG, Kylian Mbappé could not prevent his team’s defeat against Bayern Munich this week in the Champions League.
The next day, rumors away from PSG the Brazilian Neymar, sent to Chelsea, and the Argentinian Lionel Messi, associated with MLS and Inter Miami, flourished in the press. What to satisfy Kylian Mbappé? Last summer, the Frenchman notably demanded the departure of the Brazilian striker, considered too unserious, especially off the field.
Messi, “the best in history”behind Mbappe
Leaving Paris Saint-Germain last summer, to sign free of any contract at Juventus, Angel Di Maria has an inside look at Kylian Mbappé’s place within the French club. In an interview for ESPN, the 35-year-old Argentinian hailed Kylian Mbappé’s performance at the World Cup. According to the striker, the Frenchman was the best in the tournament, outside the Argentina team.
At PSG, Kylian Mbappé has a huge responsibility, which Angel Di Maria questions while Lionel Messi is in the L1 leader’s squad: “In France, generally speaking, they gave him this responsibility. The French, the president (Emmanuel Macron), the PSG gave him this responsibility. They made him stay, when he could have left. They gave him this important role so that it would be him and no one else. But there is a big complication (at PSG) and that is that they gave him that power by having the best in history by his side. So it’s a bit difficult to deal with that.”
Mbappe will have “an extraordinary career”
Younger (24 years old), even more efficient in recent seasons, Kylian Mbappé supplants Lionel Messi in the minds of Parisian leaders, also because he is “French”, says Angel Di Maria. The attacker has “an extraordinary career ahead of him”. But maybe not necessarily at PSG.
Real Madrid have been watching Kylian Mbappé for several years, and further disappointment in the Champions League this season could push the former Monegasque out, while Neymar and Lionel Messi could also leave.
