Striker’s open desire to move to Spain is at least partly attributable to the lack of any real fun at Paris Saint-Germain
come in with a record-breaking bid. “Are you sure about your choice?” Mbappé’s mother asks him. “You know that Madrid still want to sign you. You’re not going to get bored in Ligue 1?” At which point, Mbappé’s representatives inform them they are close to an agreement with PSG that will see Mbappé earning €18m a year plus bonuses. “Ummm, that’s not bad,” Mbappé grimaces, with a grudging acceptance that the wheels of this high-end transfer had been irrevocably set in motion.
Watching Mbappé in PSG’s rain-sodden 1-1 draw at Lyon on Sunday night offered a few clues. Mbappé wasn’t the best player on the pitch, or very possibly the best player on his own side . But as PSG – already 10 points clear in– toiled at a deserted Stade Groupama, somehow the moments when Mbappé got the ball were the only times the game seemed to mean anything at all. He dipped and swerved and wriggled out of three-man challenges.
Kylian Mbappé’s performance against Lyon on 9 January provided some of the few moments when the game seemed to mean anything at all.A couple of weeks ago a big L’Equipe exposé lifted the lid on the many fissures at the club. The indulgence of Lionel Messi, who reportedly missed training the morning after a private party to celebrate his Ballon d’Or win, has been met with indignation.
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