After months of discussions and speculation, Kylian Mbappé has officially announced he will be leaving PSG at the end of the season. The announcement has also sparked controversy.
It’s now official: Kylian Mbappé will no longer wear the colors of Paris Saint-Germain starting next season. After spending 7 years in Paris, the 2018 World Cup champion has decided to give a new direction to his career. This Friday, through a video posted on his social networks, he announced his departure from the club, without specifying where he would go next. The suspense is relative: he will join Real Madrid this summer.
As for his video, everyone is free to interpret it as they wish. However, what is certain is that it has not been unanimously received. Commentator Daniel Riolo, known for his straightforward opinions and not a fan of canned responses, for example, pointed out the lack of sincerity in Kylian Mbappé’s announcement.
“I get the impression that Mbappé wants to embody everything that is new in our society, in our football, and I just can’t see it, I don’t understand. Doing this on his social networks to control everything, word for word, down to the comma… Like he’s the top of the class. Every word is weighed. When he’s interviewed, off the cuff, he handles it very well. He’s an intelligent boy who expresses himself well. Why make it so complicated, to be so insincere ultimately by preparing everything? He seems like a politician. I disliked it… the form. Everything is calculated, it lacks sincerity. Give a nice interview in a media outlet!”
The absence of thanks to Nasser sparks discussion
Meanwhile, Rolland Courbis expressed “surprise” at the timing of the announcement: “if he’s speaking to us today in this video, it’s because of the elimination against Dortmund. As long as there could have been a final between PSG and Real Madrid, he could not make it official even though everyone knew,” said the former OM coach. What is also significantly highlighted is the absence of thanks to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the boss of PSG.
It was known that relations between the two men had cooled significantly in recent months, from cold to icy, but one might have thought that the French player would at least go through the motions to avoid a potential controversy. On social media, however, this is what has stood out the most. France Bleu Paris journalist, Romain Beddouk, for instance, mentioned the player’s lack of gratitude toward his boss: “he named the coaches, he named Leonardo, he thanked all the employees. Everyone except Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the man who (wrongly) gave him everything and more than imaginable. Odd gratitude. Thanks Kylian for the national titles, become the King of stats in Madrid.” An announcement as divisive as the character himself.
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