Recruited in 2017 by Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappé spent seven seasons in the capital's club. Eager to join Real Madrid, Bondynois announced it to its management a year before the end of its contract scheduled for June 2024. A choice that PSG did not appreciate and which made it clear to its player during the last months of their collaboration. This context ended up impacting Kylian Mbappé beyond the only borders of PSG. For Bixente Lizarazu, it is time to find the attacker to the best of his form in the French team.
This Thursday, the Blues move in Croatia to compete in their quarter -final first leg of the League of Nations. And the 1998 world champion took the opportunity to take stock of the last months of Kylian Mbappé. In his column published in the columns of
The teamBixente Lizarazu first returned to the end of the adventure of playing with Paris. “At one point, he evolved in a toxic environment at PSG which affected him and left him consequences. (…) I hear that PSG would be better without it, but you could also say that it is better without Paris-Saint-Germain. »»
“PSG and Mbappé had nothing to share”
And the former left side of Bayern Munich to continue:
“These small spikes against the top scorer in the history of the club, after seven years of common life, are not very elegant. He and PSG just had nothing to share anymore. »» Author of a September rally (2024) can convincing, Kylian Mbappé was then left out by Didier Deschamps during the next two. If neither the Bondynois nor the tricolor coach never gave the (the?) Precise reason for this break, the Real player could in any case take the opportunity to work in his integration in Madrid.
Another step that was able to play on the distrust displayed during this period by Kylian Mbappé, according to Bixente Lizarazu.
“The nervousness linked to the immense challenges of his beginnings in Real Madrid was added to it, which could have brought him to make mistakes, even in the French team, for example during this press conference at the Parc des Princes, in September, where he had not displayed the best state of mind. This break was beneficial and allowed him to focus 100% on his first steps in Madrid. »» Back with the Blues, the captain will have to show that he has returned to his best level and that France will be able to take advantage of his talent again.
