In the end he may have stretched it out to fatten the offers on both sides, as this journalist says(I don't know who is)
I didn't like his mother talking on Twitter at this point and talking about two offers. I understand that he wants to be respectful to PSG but in my opinion so much waiting makes him a bit ridiculous like Griezmann and his decision.Tweet
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Griezman announced his decision in mid june, it's far later than Mbappé. The transfer window isn't even open yet. A lot of players are unsure about where they'll play next season :
I totally believe that. Molina is a long form journalist, his long form pieces are serious but his gossiping isn't.
"Potentially" means what it means. It was never meant to be taken as gospel, we'll find out soon enough. One thing is sure though, wanting to keep a player who's expressed as blatantly as he could that he wanted to leave is pathetic for me. Whatever happens, PSG will always be a laughing stock
I mean, Real Madrid are chasing a player that already rejected them when he was at Monaco and is now apparently making them wait in the dark. Our Kylian is making both clubs look like fools, now watch him sign for Bayern.
He is, for sure, you're right. It's very unhealthy how clubs are ready to engage these sums of money towards players who are extremely greedy.
Agree all a bit of self hyperbole and I am 100% certain he is going to Madrid anyway. Just reminds me of Hazard summer when he led everyone a dance before going to Chelsea. Mbappe is obviously a fantastic player but always watchign him feel he is more than French arrogance like we have loved from the likes of Henry and Cantona, its really distasteful arrogance, especially so young, see it on the pitch, so little surprise how he is actign off of it to me
I doubt it's greed. Leaving where you are comfortable and trated like a diva for an unknown can be difficult.
It’s about getting as much as possible rather than sporting decisions, nothing new. Hardly much of a surprise
If you believe Molina, the few thing that we "know" about Mbappé and PSG is that his issues have been about sporting decisions and having freedom when it comes to managing his image. The money side of things is allegedly settled and he finessed both sides.
What distinction do you see and can't unsee? What makes someone like Mbappé more of a brand than a footballer?
Hasn’t Molina claimed a lot of things?
A lot of things no, but that one is pretty much widespread and part of the reason why Leonardo is under fire. And I mentioned Molina because the last "turn" is based on El Chiriguinto and a cryptic tweet from Molina.
I can't speak for Murder, but personally speaking, the more stories, inches and columns given regarding players on field performances, the better. Yes, players have lives outside of football, but the moment there's more articles about off field activities than there is about his on field performances, that's an issue. He's a footballer, first and foremost. He's paid eye watering sums to be the best in the world.
In that case how does that apply to Mbappé. We know next to nothing about Mbappé off field activities, we know that he is obsessed with Football but that's about it. Mbappé is a lot closer to Messi in that regard while Ronaldo is the one that has been involved in other activities fairly early and having a hollywood life.
This entire saga? The fact he picked PSG?
Mbappé lives a pretty quiet live outside of the whole new contract thing, and it's not really what I consider an "off field activity".
I don't follow, you judge a player being a footballer first or not based on the press making things up? And why would picking PSG at 19 years old make him less of a footballer?
Sorry Kylian, I apologize for speaking ill of you.
Don't do that, I simply asked you about your point of view because I don't see what you described. Mainly because Mbappé doesn't have a profile outside of Football in France, he doesn't really talk to the press outside of Football related press conferences and his life outside of Football is not really a topic.
He's the cover star of FIFA?
For me, it's the fact that he feels a need to publicly schedule an announcement for which club he is going to join. It's the fact he would even consider the idea that, as a 23 year old footballer, he should be entitled to power over transfers and team decisions.
Weren't Messi and Ronaldo on the cover of PES and FIFA in the late 2000s, Benzema was on the cover in 2010. This feels like a stretch but that's probably me.
This is getting ridiculous now. You do realize that FIFA is a football game right? We hardly talking about dating a spice girl.
They'd already won Balon d'Ors and were dominating in the biggest competitions. Mbappe has not done half of what those two have done. You're looking at it almost too literally.
How much of that is factual? Even the scheduled announcement isn't, it's based on journalists guessing that he will announce it when the season is over and before he joins the French national team.
What I love about this, is someone who doesn't quite get that his camp controls the narrative. They can no comment.
No I said that outside of Football. And there is plenty of players that haven't won a BO and have been on the cover, Rooney being one of them.
So he has no profile outside of football?
Managing his image is ultimately about money no ?
Not necessarily but it often is. And I was talking about potential agreements with both clubs, if rumours are correct he doesn't want money for image rights, he wants to own them himself and do whatever he wants with it, on that topic the FFF have the same issue.
