A former Paris Saint-Germain executive has made a massive claim regarding Kylian Mbappe's influence at the club.
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After the 24-year-old recently made it clear that he would not be exercising his option for an extra year in France, PSG's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi insisted that the club are not at all interested in losing the forward for free in 2024.
Ex-sporting director Leonardo, who brought the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner to Parc des Princes in 2017 and spent three seasons working closely with him, has now admitted that he thinks it is time the two parties part ways.
"For the good of PSG, I think the time has come for Mbappe to go, no matter what," the Brazilian said while speaking to L'Equipe.
"Paris-Saint-Germain existed before Kylian Mbappe and it will exist after him. He's been in Paris for six years and, over 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 which had Mbappe in their ranks.
"That means it's entirely possible to win this competition without him.
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"With his behaviour over the last two years, Mbappe is showing that he's not yet a player capable of really guiding a team. He's a great player, not a leader. He's a great goalscorer, not a creative one. It's hard to build a team around him."
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