The Mbappé-Dembélé soap opera is definitely causing ink to flow. Yesterday, The Team revealed that the Parisian and his entourage did not appreciate the release of KM10 where he qualifies as the one who was “the chosen one”. Which is not necessarily false since the captain of the Blues was announced as a potential Ballon d’Or at a very young age. Whatever the case, this affair provokes a reaction. Last night, on RMC SportJérôme Rothen spoke of a form of betrayal on the part of Mbappé before indicating that the France team is divided in two after this story. Also present on the set of the show Rothen ignitesChristophe Dugarry gave his opinion.
“Jérôme, in relation to what you say I want names. There, it’s too Gala, it’s too Here…You tell me there are two groups in the team. I don’t believe your thing! (…) Annoyed by what Ousmane? He won two Champions Leagues, a Ballon d’Or. You have known each other since the age of 15… Are you going to be offended by an interview where Kylian spends his time talking about himself? He didn’t say anything bad about Dembélé. It’s the truth what he said Kylian. Remember when Dembélé in Barcelona he couldn’t get up in the morning to go to training because he had played PlayStation… Let’s stop! Dembélé is the anti-star, he shines in that. He behaves like an anti-star. These are two visions of football. Two footballs facing each other. Two different egos. I don’t see what shocks Ousmane Dembélé. He always presented himself as a reserved, shy, rather introverted boy, with a sense of community. He made his career like that. He won like that. It is in this football logic. Mbappé is the opposite. Excuse me, but if their friendship doesn’t overcome that, it’s because it wasn’t that strong. Ok there are things that make me uncomfortable like this confidence in Kylian’s decline. I’m surprised to speak so much in the first person singular, to put yourself forward like that… in a team sport when you have won so little even though there was something to gain. Now it’s Mbappé that’s his strength today!”
