LEquipe report that one of the Kylian
Mbappé’s cond
The World Cup winner felt last summer that
he was a pretext for the club’s manager
recruitment campaign, with Nasser
Al-Khelaifi mentioning the forward’s desire
for a “competitive” team at Lionel Messi’s
unveiling.
Mbappé wants to be the centrepiece of the
club’s project, with his entourage raising
doubts after the signing of 35-year-old Sergio
Ramos last summer with regard to their policy
towards youth. Involving the Frenchman in
the decision-making for the next transfer
window would go some way to convincing
him, especially as that could not be the case
elsewhere.
This season, Mbappé and several other
French-speaking players did not appreciate
the privileges afforded to the South American
players in the first half of the season,
for instance turning up late to training or
inappropriate behaviour. As a result, the
23-year-old has had doubts over the club’s
ability to impose high-level standards.
itions to renew with Paris
Saint-Germain would be for the club to make
him the star of the team, with a project built
around him.
Another potential argument would be to make
him the team’s designated penalty taker,
which is as of yet not the case and would not
be at Real Madrid given Karim Benzema’s
presence.
In the end, PSG may end up having to pull out
all the stops to retain their mercurial forward,
especially as the Qatari owners want him to
be at the club during the World Cup at the
end of the year – a two-year contract with a
release clause would allow for this.
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