Panic for Mbappé

For the first time since 2017, the year Monaco snatched the championship from them, PSG may be left without the Ligue 1 title. The Parisian side lost two points yesterday on their visit to the Rennes field and could say goodbye to their title options next week if Lille improves on Pochettino's team's result. In France, the spotlight has returned to focus on Neymar, who did not have his best night yesterday despite scoring the only goal of the current Ligue 1 champion from a penalty.

For PSG, the loss of Mbappé could affect much more than that of Neymar, because the French international has shown many times this season that he is capable of leading the Parisian project and that he does not need the Brazilian to shine. It was seen against Barcelona in the knockout stages of the Champions League, it was seen in December, when Neymar was injured in the ankle and also in March when PSG played Ligue 1 and Neymar was injured for weeks.

The renewal of Mbappé remains stagnant and in Paris they fear that the forward will not continue in the French capital next season. Leonardo had anticipated this week renewing Neymar to try to put pressure on the player and make him see that there is an ambitious project at PSG, but the negotiations are still stalled and everything indicates that the future of Bondy will not be clarified, at least, until June.

On the other hand, the newspaper Le Monde affirms in its pages today emphatically that “With Neymar, PSG is a more unbalanced team.” The Brazilian star is one of the best players in the world, but the excess of individuality that he shows in each game has conditioned the team a lot. The prestigious French newspaper gives City an example, which is a team that, like PSG, has been forged with money, but collectively it is far superior to the whole of the French capital.

Neymar renewed this week until 2025 with PSG and there are many who question whether Pochettino can generate a squad that stands out collectively over the individual. It is evident that the team attacks much better with Neymar, but when it has to defend, the seams are manifested twice. That is why the skeptical French press once again demands more commitment from the PSG star in matches like yesterday's and not only to think about standing out individually.