Undoubtedly, the advance of Mbappé's interview with RMC Sport (which comes out in full today at 6:00 p.m. on Rothen's program) has caused an earthquake within PSG. To this must be added an interview that the newspaper L’Équipe has taken exclusively today for the paper version and in which the player has opened up about his frustrated departure from PSG in the summer.
His frustrated departure from PSG: “Initially, I had asked for a period of reflection. Before the Euro, I told the club that I did not want to renew and after the Euro, I said that I wanted to leave. My ambition was really that we all walk hand in hand, both the selling club and the buyer's club and me. Make the best possible deal so that everyone benefits. I also wanted to give my club time to find a replacement. May everyone be happy and that I am on my way. “
Avoid going free: “Furthermore, if. Subsequently, the club decided not to sell me. I was fine with it. I had no problem with that, I am still in a great team and in a place where I have been happy for four years ”.
Showdown with PSG: “No, because that would have been ungrateful. I would not have thanked a club that welcomed me at 18 and gave me a lot for four years. And then I always want to play, to show that I am a great player, that nothing affects me, not even a frustrated signing, and that I can make a difference until the last day. “
If it was worth staying with Messi: “No, because I never made my decisions on a whim. I had made my decision and it was well considered.
If you were disappointed to stay: “At that time, a little. When you have the ambition to leave, if you stay, you are not happy. But I moved on quickly. Unfortunately I was injured in the national team. I got home fast, I had time to cry while I had no games. When I came back, I scored again and I did well ”.
His departure to Real Madrid: “Of course. Real Madrid made an offer (and even several, from € 160 to € 200 million). When I said listen, I mean other things: it was said that he had rejected six renewal offers, but it is not true. It was said that he did not want to speak to Leonardo, while it was the president (Nasser al-Khelaïfi) who was in charge of the entire file. They tell me to talk to the president, I'm not going to say no. They said he wanted to ruin the locker room. “
The reasons for leaving: “I thought my adventure was over. I wanted something more. I had been in Ligue 1 for six or seven years. I gave everything I had to give to Paris and I think I did well. Afterwards, everyone is free to draw whatever conclusions they want, but that was my assessment. Leaving was the next logical step “
The real Madrid: “No, I'm attached to PSG, and if I had left this summer, it would only have been for Real.”
Speechless: “When your president says in front of everyone that you are not going to leave, and you are not going free … At that time, I was a little worried, I am not going to lie to you. I said to myself: if I don't go free, will I? What is going to happen to me? Then we take a little height and tell ourselves that this is their way of showing their attachment. It means that the club likes me and they won't let me go. “
The future: “I stayed and I'm very happy. At no point in the season will you see behavior like” You didn't let me go, I'm going to lift my foot. “I like football too much and I have too much respect for the club, and for me, to raise the foot even if it is just a game. And as for my situation, for a month and a half, two months, there is no more discussion about a renewal, since I said that I wanted to go. “
Departure next summer: “I've been in football long enough to know that the truth of yesterday is not the truth of today or tomorrow. If they had told me that Messi would play for PSG, I would not have believed it. So we don't know what could happen.”
How can PSG retain him: “We are far from that, as I wanted to leave this summer. I will not be a hypocrite. This summer, my ambition was clear, I wanted to leave and put the club in the best conditions to ensure my replacement. Currently, my future is not my own. priority. I already wasted a lot of energy this summer and it was exhausting. “
Mbappé, in RMC Sport: “The president says that I'm never going to go for free. So what's going to happen?”
Hours earlier, in an interview with RMC Sport that was released in full on Tuesday, the French international had already revealed details of his frustrated signing for Madrid. He assures that he told PSG that he wanted to leave at the end of July and that he does not want to judge that the offer of the white team arrived at the end of August. He also sings a phrase that will give a lot to talk about: “It's scary when your president says 'he will never go free'. When I heard that, I choked. I was like 'so what's going to happen here?'”. And he adds, in another advance advance in the afternoon of this Monday: “That's why I didn't want to react hot, because, when I hear that, I say to myself: 'oula …'”.
“I asked to leave, because from the moment I did not want to renew, I told the club that I wanted to leave. I wanted the club to have a significant compensation for my sale so that he could sign a quality replacement. PSG is a club that has given me a lot, I've always been happy the four years I've been here and I still am. I announced it well in advance that the club could turn it around. I wanted everything to go well to reach an agreement. People said I turned down six or seven renewal offers. That he didn't want to talk to Leonardo anymore and that's not true. It is not for me to judge, my position was clear. I said it pretty early. I wanted to leave at the end of July and that's what I said. I told them, if you don't want me to go, I'll stay “, assured Rothen in the RMC Sport interview.