KYLIAN MBAPPE has reportedly caused uproar in the Paris Saint-Germain dressing room after labelling the club “divisive”.
The 24-year-old recently confirmed he has no intention of extending his contract beyond 2024.
And while it remains unclear whether or not he will depart this summer, he has upset some of his team-mates with comments made in an interview conducted in June.
Speaking to France Football, he said: “Are people trivializing my performances? Yes, but at the same time, I don’t blame them.
“In France, they saw me grow up, they see me all the time, at PSG every weekends or in selection.
“And I’ve been scoring a lot for years. So, for people, it’s becoming normal. I’ve never complained that my performances are trivialized.
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“I’m young and I’ve had the chance to It was not that long ago to be an observer, before being an actor.
“And myself, I trivialized what Messi was doing, what Cristiano Ronaldo was doing, what the great players were doing. We are in a consumer society, where ‘it’s good, but do again’.
“And the fact that I’m right next door, in Paris… I think playing at Paris-SG doesn’t help much because it’s a divisive team, a divisive club.
“So, of course it attracts gossip but it doesn’t bother me because I know what I’m doing and how I do it.”
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According to Sky Sports, the remarks have led to six PSG players contacting club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi to complain.
Two of the six are said to have arrived at the club this summer.
PSG have given Mbappe a deadline of July 31 to decide his future as the French champions could look to cash in on him rather than let his contract run down.
Real Madrid and Arsenal have both been linked with a move for the France captain.
He has contributed 212 goals and 98 assists in 260 games for the club, winning five Ligue 1 titles in the process.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
