The sometimes contrasting performances of Kylian Mbappé in recent months have sparked numerous comments. Bertrand Latour brought his own.
Everything is obviously relative, but when your name is Kylian Mbappé and you have shown since the start of your career that you want to break as many records as possible and find yourself at the top of the poster, the Even the slightest drop in performance is analyzed, scrutinized and dissected by observers. Thus, the season that the future ex-PSG striker has just produced (he is under contract until June 30) has caused a lot of talk. The overall schedule that the player had, particularly in demand off the field, too.
Invited to give his opinion on a Kylian Mbappé whom he followed with the French team in recent years for the channel The Team, Bertrand Latour was rather divided. “ There is necessarily not just one explanation for Mbappé’s performances, which are not what everyone hoped for. I don’t forget that these people, at twenty-five, have the right to live a little. But he has not been at the expected level for some time and we must necessarily find explanations for this performance which is a little below what we expect of him. »
“He does too many things”
And the observer to remember the past flashes of Kylian Mbappé, when he still impressed everyone. “ His game exuded a feeling of speed, velocity, a feline cheetah side when we saw him on the field not long ago. This is less the case. It makes me feel like I’m going slower. » For Bertrand Latour, the problem would be identified: “ For me, he does too much. (…) Even when he is on vacation, there are commercial operations. His vacations are short, he goes to Japan, the United States, he does marketing (…). I think that sometimes we should calm things down so that he can clear his head, so that he can calm down. »
The fact that the 2018 world champion is “ always a little in the pot » would therefore be one of the causes of his slight decline. After a particularly difficult season on an extra-sporting level with tensions between Nasser al-Khelaïfi and him, Kylian Mbappé will now focus on Euro 2024 with the Blues. Will he manage to regain his tone and his back? The French supporters obviously hope so.
