M'Baye Niang has just joined the Sampdoria, a new chapter in a career that has never failed. But even before touching a balloon in Serie B, the Senegalese striker already offered his first performance of the season. In an interview with the media Squarethe 30-year-old opened the souvenir box, delivering a masterclass of self-celebration so disproportionate that it becomes almost touching. The extracts, which have become viral, have made him the benevolent laughter of social networks, confirming his status as a character apart in the world of football.
Milan, Shaolin Soccer and the broken crossbar
The trip begins in Milan, where a young Niang arrives in the middle of the Robinho and Balotelli. The rest is he who tells it:
“After the first training, Robinho tells me 'you are a phenomenon, I have never seen that'”. Better still, the coach of the time, Massimiliano Allegri, would have thought the same. The highlight of the show? “The episode of this training there, where I break the bar on the left. I am right -handed. »» A feat that was not even tempted in Shaolin Soccer And who, according to him, has amazed the whole of Lombardy. The decor is planted.
Broken bar, raphinha “launched”: the interview with M'baye Niang has ignited the networks
The day M'Baye Niang “created” Raphinha
The next step takes us to Rennes. Raphinha, then in difficulty, is his teammate. On a penalty obtained, Niang, already the author of a double, could have offered a triplet. But his strategic genius decided otherwise. “I take my ball, I call Raphinha, I tell him ', well, today you're going to score your first goal'”. A gesture of generosity such that
“Everyone was shocked”. The conclusion is relentless: “Look today he's at Barça, I wouldn't say it's thanks to me, but that is one of them. »» Without this altruistic gesture, Raphinha would be
“Probably returned to Sporting”. Football is sometimes played on a detail.
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Early than Mbappé, crazier than Balotelli, desired by Zidane
The interview does not stop there. Over the course of the conversation, we learn that M'Baye Niang considers himself earlier than Kylian Mbappé, more “crazy” than the master in the matter, Mario Balotelli, and even a certain Zinedine Zidane would have liked to bring him to Real Madrid. Each statement is a new piece of a puzzle that draws the portrait of a novel character, a “Crack misunderstood”
As he defines himself.
A gap that amuses more than it annoys
Of course, the reaction on social networks was immediate, oscillating between disbelief and mockery. But this outing has something refreshing. In often sanitized football, M'Baye Niang offers disarming sincerity, even if it is at the service of a somewhat embellished personal story. He may not have had the career that his talent was hoping for, but at least he will have managed to make an impression. And it's already a form of victory.
