“The question is not if he will leave, the question is when he will leave.”
Journalists and analysts explain how the club, the city and even the country accept the more than possible departure of the great star who will start today against Real Madrid.
Kylian Mbappe This is France’s best kept secret. Even the President of France does not know his future. Emmanuel Macron, which you have already tried and succeeded? keeping him when he was about to sign with Madrid two years ago. Today, his departure from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) could cause a national cataclysm just months before the Olympic Games. The Champions League returns this week and Real Sociedad arrive in Paris on Tuesday to… Luis Enrique confirmed that Mbappe will play, despite not playing last Saturday against Lille due to discomfort in his ankle.
In any case, the debate in France is not about today’s match. It’s about your medium-term future. The player already announced last summer that he would not renew his contract with the French club, but he will not be free until next summer when the league ends. President of PSG, Nasser Al Khelaifialready in June it was clear: “We don’t want Mbappe to go free in 2024.” Le Parisian A few days ago it was published that an agreement with Madrid is close, while other media do not rule out that he will extend his contract with PSG. The reality is that the player’s fate remains unknown, and France and Paris are currently discussing the future Kikias the sports media call it.
Some experts and much of the press are confident that he will leave. At 25 years old, he has yet to win a single Champions League. They were one step away from winning the World Cup in Qatar, but Argentina Leo Messi He took the title from France. “He always said that his dream was to play for Real Madrid and he wants titles: the Champions League and the Ballon d’Or. And he has more opportunities to achieve this with a white team than with PSG,” he explains. on the phone. Arnaud Detouxsports journalist Le Parisian. “This has always been Mbappe’s favorite team. The question is not if he will leave, but when: sooner or later,” says Detu, who believes that at 25 “he will have the best time to go to Spain.”
The footballer, who grew up in Bondy, on the outskirts of Paris, is not only a PSG superstar. He is an asset for France. Macron’s attempts to hold on to him once worked when rumors surfaced that he would leave, but “he can’t force him to stay forever, to be here at the best moment of his career just to serve France,” the journalist explains. “Mbappe has been playing in the French league for nine years (two at Monaco and seven at PSG).”If you want to do something different, it may be time to leave France.” “When you play for so many years at the same club, you have the same skills,” says the Le Parisien journalist, who sees a problem in moving to Madrid because in a white team “he won’t be the only star.”
Think in the same direction Vincent Schaudel, founder of the Business Sport observatory, who believes his departure could create problems with the management of the dressing rooms at the Bernabeu. “Real’s economic model includes stars and Ballon d’Or or future ones, but we don’t know if Mbappe will be one of them. What we do know is that he has potential. He becomes a World Cup superstar (the final of which he lost to Argentina). We have already seen at PSG that it is difficult to manage three stars. Real Madrid now have two players who could be stars or prospects, for example: Vinicius And Bellinghamwho can enter the top 10 of the Ballon d’Or.
In this case, Schaudel believes, “Mbappe will complicate the dressing room, especially if his salary is higher than the other two stars.” This analyst insists on the problems of his departure to Madrid. “A year ago, Mbappe at Real Madrid made sense and had benefits for the club, but now it’s not so clear,” he says. Moreover, he believes that if he leaves, it will not be so dramatic for PSG. “With what he brings, the team will be able to attract new stars and replace him. “Now Mbappe can leave and change little for the club.” If it goes”The problem is not with PSG, but with the league.after all, the rights to the championship would cost much less.
“If PSG doesn’t find a superstar to replace him, it will be a problem for the championship, more so than for the club. “Negotiations take a long time, so if the club already knows he is leaving, they should negotiate for a new arrival.” If it goes”I don’t see him anywhere else except Real Madrid.Since Barça has no money and I don’t see him in an English or Italian club, he always said that his dream is to play for PSG or Real Madrid. The problem is knowing when it’s important for the white team to get him. There was no interest when Cristiano was there and Madrid later made it their mission to complete the Bernabeu. Right now.”