Controversy continues to grow at Paris Saint-Germain. After Kylian Mbappé's behavior during the match against Montpellier, the 'likes' on Neymar's Twitter, and the provocative gesture of the French striker towards Lionel Messi, new information would try to demonstrate that the 23-year-old athlete's renewal would have had some conditions.
According to the UOL Esporte media, the World Cup champion with France would have asked Nasser Al Khelaifi, president of PSG, as one of the conditions of his new contract, to 'disintegrate the 'Argentine national team' present in the squad'. A situation that involves Mauricio Pochettino, Ángel Di Maria (both already out of the club), Leandro Paredes (possible transfer to Juventus), Mauro Icardi, and Lionel Messi himself (whose contract expires at the end of the season).
Although Pochettino had a contract until 2024 and had fulfilled the goal of winning Ligue 1, the defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League allowed the board to make the decision. 'Kiki's opinion would have accelerated the process' and the subsequent hiring of Galtier.
Neymar was the standout player in the victory against Montpellier and has scored three goals in the current Ligue 1 season. Photo: PSG
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In the case of Di Maria, the winger's contract expired at the end of the previous season. It is not known that the board wanted to extend his contract, but with Kylian's renewal until 2025, that possibility was ruled out.
According to the Brazilian media, the request to exclude Argentine players is because a lot of Spanish is spoken in the team, which takes away certain prominence from Mbappé, as groups are formed based on affinity with two great players at the helm: Messi and Neymar.
Did Mbappé request Neymar's departure?
French journalist Romain Molina hinted on his Twitter account that Mbappé asked PSG officials to remove Neymar from the team.
"It's not a problem of the penalty taker at PSG, it's a concern of a player asking his management to ditch another player (believing that the latter wouldn't notice). No more complicated than that," he tweeted.
Next PSG match
PSG will visit Lille on Sunday, August 21, at 1:45 p.m. (Peruvian time) for the third match of Ligue 1. The match will be played at the Pierre-Mauroy Stadium and will be broadcast on Star Plus. In case you can't access it, La República Deportes will provide a minute-by-minute coverage with all the incidents of the match and instant goals.