Leonardo split an exit on Kylian Mbappé which is likely to make people talk. He attacks the sporting and extra-sporting performance of the Parisian number 7 and urges PSG to sell him as soon as possible.
Discreet since his ousting from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2022, Leonardo came out of the woods on this Sunday and it is not to practice his language.
The Brazilian attacked Kylian Mbappé with very harsh words. Before supporting his statements, remember that the Parisian striker is partly responsible for the departure of the former sports director last year. Indeed, following his opposition linked to Mbappé’s demands as part of his extension (still in the spring of 2022), relations between the two men had deteriorated. The Mbappé clan then requested, in its new contract, the arrival of Luis Campos in place of Leonardo.
Time has passed, but the wound still seems to be alive. While the future of Kylian Mbappé is still unclear, Leonardo gave an interview to the Team, in which he urges the capital club to transfer Mbappé as soon as possible.
“For the sake of PSG, I think the time has come for Mbappé to leave, no matter how.”
– Leonardo, for the team
He justifies his remarks by using the main objective of the club: the Champions League.
“Paris-Saint-Germain existed before Kylian Mbappé and it will exist after him. He has been in Paris for six years and, in those six seasons, five different clubs have won the Champions League (Real Madrid in 2018 and 2022, Liverpool in 2019, Bayern Munich in 2020, Chelsea in 2021 and Manchester City in 2023), none of them had Mbappé in their ranks. This means that it is entirely possible to win this competition without him.”
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“He is a great player, not a leader”
– Leonardo, for the team
He continues by indirectly attacking both the sporting and extra-sporting performance of the Frenchman:
“With his behavior over the past two years, Mbappé demonstrates that he is not yet a player capable of really guiding a team. He is a great player, not a leader. He is a great scorer, not a creative person. It’s hard to build a team around him.”
It will then be necessary to judge his words on the merits, but also to read between the lines. In the event of Kylian Mbappé’s departure, Luis Campos will likely see his position weakened and Leonardo could then return for a third term. But one thing at a time.
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