“PSG is weaker with all three together.” Against all odds, that is the sentence that is in the air about the start of the Parisian team with the three musketeers of football. Messi, Neymar and Mbappé have not managed to give the entity the desired shine on the field and more than a solution to winning the Champions League, it is becoming a problem, by the excess of pressure and by that link lost in advance that Mbappé supposes, to which the fans of the Park of the Princes continue to whistle for not having renewed his contract. All, facts that bring the French star even closer to Real Madrid.
Although it was the sixth victory in six league games played, PSG's last game against Olympique, won by Icardi's goal in 94 ', was a further step towards the Paris club's disagreement with Mbappé. The whistles sounded from the stands during various phases of the game and are recurring every time the forward performs at home. Moreover, Mbappé was, of the three, the one that L’Equipe gave the least note in his chronicle, a scraped five, for the six he gave to Messi or the seven he gave to Neymar. And that's precisely the problem. The worst fears of Mbappé are being confirmed at the first exchange. He is no longer in the background, now he is in a third, as he has ahead of the Brazilian and the former Barça player. Regarding the preferences of the fans and the treatment of the club itself and the Press.
“He disappointed the whole game, perhaps turned off by the kick he received in Bruges,” reflected the prestigious L'Equipe on Mbappé to explain his game against Lyon. “Although dark, he was decisive again”, he finally conceded … On the contrary, Neymar (“He was a leader”), and Messi (“He was in all the decisive actions in the first half”), monopolize all the praise. The draw in the previous game against Bruges, in the Champions League, further weakens the situation of the attacking trio. And that debate favors the interests of Real Madrid in all cases.
The information that has appeared about Messi's salary in L'Equipe (he will collect 110 million in three years) delve further into the precarious situation of Mbappé, to whom PSG offered a galactic renewal at the end of the summer for which he would have been charged, according to Le Parisien reported 45 million euros per season (less than the Argentine as he must pay more taxes). But this beginning of the campaign has shown one thing, in addition, that the Frenchman is far behind Messi and Neymar in terms of marketing. There is already data that corroborates it.
The newspaper L'Equipe has made a study on the impact Messi has had on PSG's business and the Argentine already justifies his arrival. To begin with, his shirt has already broken the sales records in his start that Neymar's left in his day, when the Brazilian signed for PSG. The Argentine has sold 50% more elastic bands than Neymar did, although the sale of the Brazilian ones also goes up. Because of Messi, PSG expects an increase in orders for their shirts by between 30 and 40% more this season. But not only that. In addition, there is momentum for the arrival of sponsors and more signatures on a day-to-day basis. Messi has generated a 20% increase in PSG followers on social media. The PSG community is already at 49 million. While the sale of Neymar and Messi shirts grows, those of Mbappé have stagnated, mainly because the pull of the one intended by Madrid is limited only to France and that of his two attack partners is on a planetary level.
Mbappé was looking to be the headliner by signing for Madrid and his intention to sign in January remains firm. Events bring him closer and closer. However, in the white entity they prefer to be cautious, aware that a lot can happen between now and December 31. They expect, on the other hand, a final offensive by PSG to renew the player, since Doha has given the order to keep the trident, at least, until after the next World Cup in Qatar 2022. But that is no longer in the hand of PSG, but in that of Mbappé, who today sees his future wearing Madrid's white.