It has been confirmed that the French club will continue to relish the stellar services of their highly-prestiged forward, Kylian Mbappe.
The prolific striker who was conjugated with a season-defining move to Real Madrid pulled the brakes on his potential journey to Spain after he renewed his contract with PSG last week, one that will see him don the blue shirt till the summer of 2025.
Mbappe is one of the “most sought after players” in the entire of the football world and his refusal to switch sides must have come as a huge disappointment to Los Blancos
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Mbappe explained his pivotal decision to the media on Monday, post-contract signing, saying that he understood the disappointment of the Madrid fans concerning his choice. The forward further talked about being a Frenchman and how it was his dream to see France and it’s league at the very top.
It’s apparent from his explanations that he cares more about who he plays for rather than anything else. Having experienced seasons of disappointment with Paris in the UCL, and knowing clearly that the European game is a non-negotiable yardstick for making decisions regarding the Ballon D’or, FIFA awards, he’s chosen to remain a nationalist and stick with hometown football.
Liverpool was also a possibility:
Mbappe vouchsafed after his contract signing that a move to the Reds was also a possibility but things were not over for him at Madrid.
Madrid’s case:
It’s a huge despondency for every true member of the Santiago Bernabeu hub. Madrid were obviously leading the race to land the French prodigy. If there was any flight to make from Paris, it should have been to the Spanish capital. But the 23 year old’s resolve to remain in the French capital poured cold water on Casblanca’s dreams of a next generation legend. It’s quite useful to note that Ancelotti’s team have only three central forwards. The sensational man who has stolen all the thunder in the Europe this season, Karim Benzema clocks 35 in December. The other two are Luka Jovic and Mariano Diaz, who have portfolios way below Madrid’s expectations for a vintage team, the type that won the UCL thrice in a row(BBC; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo). So it’s easy to understand why the 13-time UCL champions are dissatisfied with the recent turn of events.
Benzema feels betrayed:
With the entirety of the Bernabeu a little let down by the youngster’s decision, it appears a major man is more upset than all his counterparts and fans at Mbappe’s snubbing attitude. And it’s every percent of reasonable to say that man is Karim Benzema. The 34 year old striker who shares the pitch in France with the golden boy feels cut to the quick by his rejection of a French collaboration. Whenever a player is to change shirts, switch sides and make an arrival in a new club, it’s always a countryman(if there’s any) who anticipates his arrival, even persuades the club to go ahead in the vie, welcomes him home and helps him learn the ropes of the new settlement. Benzema, being French, is one player who has been really eager for Mbappe’s presence at the Santiago Bernabeu but the veteran feels jobbed by the latter’s repudiation. Benz showed this in an Instagram post, a photo of Tupac and his friend in the backdrop. It’s said that this ‘friend’ was the one who later killed Tupac, and Benzema feels served in this same manner.