The current poor form of the PSG star could be explained by a complicated period he is going through on a personal level.
Three matches in a row without a single goal scored. For a player of Kylian Mbappé’s standing, the series is worrying. While he had started the exercise with a cannonball, the Bondynois is now no longer able to show off his talent. And his seesaw performance against Newcastle (1-4) is the symbol of his slump.
Mbappé has not forgiven the management of PSG
But what could this drop in speed be due to? According to Le Parisien, Mbappé is not in the best mental predisposition at the moment. He would suffer from psychological weariness, which would be linked to his complicated summer. As a reminder, he had missed almost a month of training with the first team due to a conflict with his management.
The French international found his teammates with a smile. And in public, he lets nothing of his moods show. But, the truth is that he is offended. He also still resents his management for having turned their back on him. He even likened this treatment to moral harassment. Now he would suffer the backlash. “A kind of boomerang effect”.
He doesn’t like his position
What Mbappé doesn’t like either is the way he is used by Luis Enrique. Since the Classic at OM, he has been forced to play exclusively in a central position, because the left lane is occupied by a winger (Randal Kolo Muani or Bradley Barcola). He is even forced to play behind the 9 (Gonçalo Ramos), which is hardly his habit. He is therefore restricted in his expressions and he doesn’t like that at all. For the moment, he has not yet raised his grievances with the technical staff, but if his running out of fuel continues he will certainly not fail to do so.
