PSG has lifted the training ban on Kylian Mbappe and is ready to arrange the French star to play in the match against Toulouse in the second round of Ligue 1. This comes after Mbappe suddenly changed his attitude to continue. attached to the Paris team.
In the past 2 months, because of disagreements related to the contract, Mbappe has been dropped from the first team by PSG. He did not participate in the summer tour, not even named in the Ligue 1 opening match against Lorient recently. The conflict seems to still be deadlocked when the PSG owners are determined to be stronger. If Mbappe maintains his intention not to activate the contract extension clause, they will put him on the bench for the whole season, as they did with Adrien Rabiot when this player fell into a similar situation a few years ago. PSG also consider banning Mbappe from going to the stadium to watch the home team play.
Mbappe’s side is equally tough. Although PSG have tried many ways, offering to extend short-term and long-term contracts with a “terrible” fee, Mbappe rejected them. In this crisis, two main factors occurred that created Mbappe’s unexpected “turn of the car”. One of them is that Mbappe has been unhappy for most of the last season because the team has not lived up to its promise to build a competitive team around him. To cool Mbappe’s stomach, PSG tried to recruit striker Ousmane Dembele from Barcelona last year but failed.
Mbappe and Dembele have always wanted to play together and their brotherhood goes beyond football. The two go on vacation together, talking on the phone often. Pulling Dembele to PSG will be a positive step to keep Mbappe. Therefore, when PSG decided to recruit Dembele on August 12, the situation began to change.
Another factor and possibly the most important to explain the “turn the car” is Neymar. Neymar has just moved to play in Saudi Arabia which is good news because Mbappe does not want the Brazilian star to continue to stay at PSG. Neymar should have left Paris in the summer of 2022, but because he could not find a suitable team, he had to stay.
In fact, Mbappe and Neymar were very close when they joined PSG in 2017, but then the two sides did not like each other. Mbappe can’t stand Neymar’s disciplinary problems and the teammate regularly misses half a season each year due to injuries. Both also compete for the same position: left-sided striker.
During a discussion between Mbappe and club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi over the weekend, the French superstar pledged not to leave on a free basis in the next 12 months. Mbappe claims the home team will get something out of him. Of course, PSG agrees to Mbappe’s commitment because this fastidious striker leaving as a free means the team will be empty-handed. Mbappe’s current contract expires in the summer of 2024, with an option to extend for another year.
Between the two sides is still compromise, so Mbappe’s new contract is unknown. One thing is for sure, however, that the two are now friends again. PSG even promised to continue to ask for Manchester City’s Bernardo Silva, a factor that promises to strengthen the team as well as make Mbappe happier.
