PSG: Kylian Mbappé is ‘isolated’ – why Neymar is angry – FOOTBALL INTERNATIONAL

The French daily “Le Parisien” dedicates its digital cover story on Thursday to a PSG superstar. Under the heading “Sergio Ramos, leader through words and deeds” the tribute is paid to the defensive boss who impresses on the pitch “and also raises his voice in a dressing room that lacks natural leaders”.

The coverage of the Spaniard should not be a coincidence. It reads like an instruction manual for other players in the star ensemble, for would-be leaders. For someone like Kylian Mbappé (23).

The Striker is demeanor as far removed from a leader as the sun is from the moon. This is symbolized by a scene from the 5-2 win against Montpellier, when the attacker broke off his run during a PSG attack because the ball was not passed to him. When he waved it off, turned his back on his colleagues.

Mbappé’s contract extension was announced with great fanfare at the end of May and celebrated by the fans. A coup! The attack of the hated Champions League rivals Real Madrid was successfully repelled.

However, PSG bought this success dearly. Mbappé will receive an annual salary of EUR 50 million in the future. He is also said to have received a “signing fee” in the hundreds of millions.

The season is still young, Mbappé has only played one game. But the contract extension already seems like a misunderstanding.

Even more: Mbappé seems to have negotiated offside and extended.

Everyone on the team registered that they wanted to leave for months. That he demanded more power, a say in transfers. That he now earns a multiple of what others get. But don’t behave like a leader on the pitch.

He wants to stand out from everyone else, be THE superstar of the team – but one who stands out is automatically no longer part of the group.

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PSG star suddenly stops playing
Mbappé’s ego madness

Source: BILD, DAZN, Sportdigital

This is also what “TNT Sport Brazil” writes. According to the portal, Mbappé demands that the team play for him, they put themselves in his service. Just as Real Madrid once did for Cristiano Ronaldo.

This led to the world champion striker being “isolated within the team”.

His former buddy Neymar also turned his back on Mbappé. There should be one main reason for this: when Mbappé negotiated his new contract, according to “TNT Sport Brazil”, he demanded more influence on transfers and was told that the club was ready to move away from Neymar to separate. Mbappe didn’t mind. An affront to the Brazilian.

In the game against Montpellier, Mbappé initially missed a penalty, he also wanted to take a second, but this time Neymar grabbed the ball – and converted.

There was confusion afterwards because Neymar liked a tweet that talked about the penalty hierarchy at PSG, that Mbappé’s new contract also “bought” the right to take penalties – i.e. in the ranking of the shooters now in front of Neymar…

It crunches in relation to the superstars. The Frenchman still gives the impression that he would have preferred to switch to Real in the summer…