“Preparation is an element that could have led to the fact that his athletic potential was not 100%. It happens to others. It’s another context. He will give the max. Obviously he had a summer which is not the summer of all players in terms of preparation… He is not in a period of efficiency, and for a player like him, that shows a little more . Everything he experienced during this summer and this hellish pace with a match every three days also gives him the right to this period where he is a little less well. What I see is that he has a smile. He is happy to be there. I speak with him regularly. Kylian needs peace and quiet. He’s there. Tomorrow he will be part of the team which has a very specific objective. You talk about him a lot, he’s big enough to protect himself. We talk about him a lot. But he is part of a collective. He’s not here wanting to take everything.”. Here is what Didier Deschamps said, present at a press conference before crossing swords with the Netherlands, about the current poor form of Kylian Mbappé.
Author of a thunderous debut in this 2023-2024 financial year, the one who has already totaled 8 goals in 9 matches in all competitions is, in fact, experiencing a first setback. Less impactful in the game, suffering in front of the goal and marked by painful extra-sporting episodes, the Bondynois struggles to continue this incredible pace which makes him one of the best players on the football planet. Facing journalists, the Blues coach therefore tried to justify this starving period, like his indigestible performance against Newcastle during the second day of the Champions League. By evoking the summer preparation of his protégé, the former OM midfielder also referred to the numerous turbulences experienced this summer by the Parisian number 7, plunged into a deep conflict with his management over his future. Announced for several months at Real Madrid and refusing to extend in the French capital beyond June 2024, the former Monegasque had thus attracted the wrath of the upper echelons of Paris, to the point of being sent to the loft.
The future of Kylian Mbappé is no longer a top priority!
An episode which would therefore have truncated his preparation and which could, today, explain his poor form. No matter, before returning to the Netherlands as part of qualifying for Euro 2024, the French international (71 caps, 40 goals) has only one idea in mind: to concentrate on the pitch. Under pressure and silent during his last four outings, Mbappé will inevitably be keen to find the net again, at a time when many observers are criticizing his state of mind on the field and impatiently awaiting his speech. One thing is certain, in this dark period, the 24-year-old right-hander can count on a peaceful situation with Paris Saint-Germain. This Thursday evening, The Team affirms, in this respect, that the future of the 2018 world champion is no longer a priority subject, at least in the short term, for the Parisian board.
Far from the heated negotiations and the sensational media releases surrounding his future, Kylian Mbappé can, today, be satisfied with a more serene dialogue with Parisian decision-makers. With this in mind, the French daily specifies that “each party has been much more patient since the financial agreement reached, based on the idea that no one loses, to allow the attacker to return to the field at the beginning of August”. If PSG is obviously still determined to continue the adventure with its star – under the same financial conditions – the management of the Rouge et Bleu is no longer as offensive as a few months ago. So, no one would now expect a decision before the end of the club’s Champions League run. The Team adds, in this sense, that PSG appears calm, regardless of Kylian Mbappé’s final decision. A speech very different from the one delivered this summer when Nasser al-Khelaïfi, worried about the accounting repercussions in the event of departure, did not hesitate to give his player an ultimatum. A change of tone and negotiations “left aside” which could allow the person concerned to regain a certain mental peace and therefore better performance in the field. To the delight of the Blues but also the residents of the Parc des Princes…
