Real Madrid sees with optimism how PSG is gradually getting out of hand with the few options it had to convince Mbappé that I renew with the Parisian club. Madrid’s roadmap is clear, even despite the last minute changes: as of January 1, the player can sign with the Whites, although it will not be done until after the meeting between Madrid and PSG in the Champions League round of 16, to avoid any suspicions. In Valdebebas they blindly trust the player’s desire to land in the capital of Spain. And the events that take place at PSG only increase that confidence.
The information revealed by the newspaper ‘L’Èquipe’, in relation to the multiple internal conflicts that dot the PSG dressing room, It shows the growing pessimism that exists in the noble area of the club, the one occupied by the president, Nasser Al Khelaïfi, and the sports director, Leonardo. The prestigious French newspaper explains that the negotiations for a possible renewal are stopped, just over a week before the forward can freely negotiate with Real Madrid or any other club.
Mbappé, goal of Real Madrid.
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In addition, ‘L’Équipe’ published several episodes that draw a messy club and a chaotic dressing room, which Mauricio Pochettino has many difficulties to tame: players who party and then do not train, a celebration for Messi’s Ballon d’Or that ends in a sudden attack of gastroenteritis for several of those involved, the soap opera Wanda Nara-Icardi, the bad relationship between Keylor and Donnarumma in goal, Neymar threatened with a harsh sanction for showing up late to sign a contract with a sponsor…
PSG’s sports performance remains stable (it is first in Ligue 1 with a 13-point advantage; it has gone to the second round of the Champions League as second in the group), but there are criticisms of the team’s game, its defensive weakness and its difficulty in compete in Europe. If he does not win the Champions League this year, the project will have stumbled again.
The dressing room already jokes with Mbappé
And it is with this environment that PSG wants to convince Mbappé to continue in Paris, that the French club is the best option for the forward to occupy the throne of Messi and Cristiano and win the Ballon d’Or. The player has been showing loyalty to his club, although he is already leaving pearls in relation to what he really wants. “Human ties are more fascinating than money”, explained a few days ago in the magazine ‘Paris Match’. The offers of PSG to make him the best paid in the locker room continue to fail.
And the point is that this inability of PSG to stop Mbappé’s firm intention to play for Real Madrid is already beginning to be taken as a joke in the locker room. You just have to see the gift that the player received at his party for his 23rd birthday, with a large part of his teammates present: a PSG shirt with his name and with the number 2050, like those often used for posed in official renovation announcements. A sign of affection, but also of humor, as all the players in the locker room know by heart the development of the negotiations between PSG and Mbappé, the continuous offers and the constant rejections. PSG is desperate trying to convince him, Madrid smiles in the distance. The plan goes ahead.