The timing between the reinstatement of Kylian Mbappé and the announced departure of Neymar is something to challenge. And Daniel Riolo thinks in any case that the situation must please the Bondynois.
Hey, hey… In the space of two days, Paris Saint-Germain was shaken by two claps of thunder. The first concerns Neymar, who will leave the club to join Saudi Arabia. The second involves Kylian Mbappé, who has been reinstated in Luis Enrique’s main squad, and would suddenly be inclined to extend.
Are these two events related? The timing is too obvious not to at least wonder. And Daniel Riolo indeed imagines that Mbappé undoubtedly appreciates the big cleaning which is preparing for PSG with the departure of Neymar, and that also possible of Marco Verratti.
“I really like this idea. It probably makes Mbappé happy because he wanted this renewal last year, confided Riolo on RMC, before tempering his remarks a little. But basically, still in the middle of the week, the situation was extremely tense and the two sides were ready for an endless war with settling of accounts in press conferences with balanced things. »
“Is the message of Luis Enrique – with very strong choices towards two emblematic players (Verratti and Neymar), and Marquinhos on the bench – being received positively? That I believe. The message sent by Luis Enrique is strong”observes the RMC polemicist.
It must be remembered that Mbappé had extended last year at PSG under certain conditions, and that the information had quickly leaked, in the months that followed, that the Bondynois was not satisfied with certain choices of his club. “From the beginning, we have been in morality with promises that have not been kept, recalls Riolo. We are in a relationship of affect. Has the very concrete message made us change our minds in the last 48 hours to the point that we are getting closer? Highly possible. When there is an extremely tense relationship, sometimes all it takes is a gesture, an outstretched hand, for it to become more courteous. But four days ago, there was a limit on knives and weapons in hand. »
