Kylian Mbappé spoke about the relationship he had with Neymar during their years together at Paris Saint-Germain.
With the departures of Neymar and Lionel Messi last summer, Kylian Mbappé lost his two biggest ball providers. The 2018 world champion has always praised the passing quality of the two South American stars. If certain sources have mentioned a supposed influence of the Frenchman in the overhaul of the squad, the main person always has positive things to say when he talks about his former attacking colleagues.
“You still miss not playing with Messi anymore. When you like to devour spaces, you have the luxury of being sure to receive the ball”underlined Kylian Mbappé in an interview with Prime Video, in which we can see the top scorer in the history of PSG deciphering his goals with great precision.
Mbappé deciphers his relationship with Neymar
But it’s not just Messi that Mbappé listed. Neymar also returned to this open and technical discussion. The captain of the Blues cited the Brazilian on several occasions, calling him “Ney”, and praising his ability to deliver beautiful openings in depth, as on his goal scored against Lille, where the Frenchman mystifies two defenders after a laser pass from the Brazilian.
“ It’s Ney who controls the ball, I already know that he can put a good ball into space, so when you know that you have good players, good passers, you go straight into space. You know the ball can arrive. Then, I look, I take the information for the first time, there is no one there. And it’s one against two. This may seem like a disadvantage, but when you’re confident in your strength, it’s an advantage because neither party is going to tell each other that they’re intervening. I’ve already scored several goals like that, against Real too. The two say to each other: ‘go ahead, go ahead’, and you go…“.
If this interview does not provide any information on the relationship between the two stars, Kylian Mbappé once again repeats to what extent their technical complicity could do damage. As a reminder, Mbappé and Neymar arrived at PSG the same summer, in 2017. Their relationship, long brotherly, has cooled in the last two years. The two footballers no longer follow each other on Instagram today.
