Author of a contrasting start to the season, Kylian Mbappé is still fueling all the debates this week.
A statistical record as impressive as ever, but contrasting performances in the game. Top scorer in Ligue 1 with 7 goals, Kylian Mbappé is still far from his best level. This Saturday, in Clermont, the French world champion did not always make the right choices in the last gesture. Warned for a simulation, not successful in front of goal, the number 7 of Paris Saint-Germain seemed diminished on an athletic level.
This week, the daily L’Équipe focused on the state of form of Kylian Mbappé. The Bondy prodigy’s entourage would have recognized that his physical level was still very much perfectable. The reason: preparation disrupted by being sidelined. Mbappé, who had been the subject of a soap opera about his future for much of the summer, had been excluded from the Asian tour in Japan and South Korea.
Why Mbappé is less efficient
The physical state of the players who passed through the loft would also be a subject of debate, with L’Equipe specifying that “the medical examinations of certain players transferred” may have raised concerns.
Finally, Kylian Mbappé would also be in search of new benchmarks. The arrival of Luis Enrique has completely changed the offensive animation of the French champions, who now lean towards the right side with the Dembélé-Hakimi tandem. If Mbappé did not have such a strong relationship with Neymar and Lionel Messi off the field, the PSG crack must perfect his automatisms with his new attacking friends, although some are already playing alongside him in the France team.
