It's never good for a club to lose its best player, especially when that player is arguably the best footballer on the planet, but for Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappe's exit may be a blessing in disguise.
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All signs indicate to Bondy's favourite son ditching the Parc des Princes for the Spanish capital, and Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu. Mbappe and Los Blancos have been flirting over the possibility of a transfer for a number of years now, but it finally looks as though that union will finally be ordained.
Los Merengues will be continuing their legacy of attracting the world's best players to perform the Madridistas, while Les Parisiens' trend of losing out to a traditionally superior institutions comes to fruition once again, this time off the pitch. Those affiliated with the record-Ligue 1 champions may be filled with negative emotions because of the club's inability to keep a hold of their favourite star, but his leaving could prove a turning point in the history of the club.
Up until this point, there has almost been a feeling that within the PSG dressing room, ever since the Qatari's took over and the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Edinson Cavani, Neymar and Mbappe arrived at the club, it was susceptible to being taken over by player power. In the case of the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner, in particular, when he was originally tipped to sign for Real in 2022 the club were willing to do anything for him to sign an extension.
It was reported that the pacey attacker requested the signing of a striker, the signing of more French players as well as the departures of Neymar if the club stood any chance of keeping him long term. Now all of those things have been done and the Paris native is still going to leave the club. However, PSG have been given a second chance at establishing an elite club culture.
One thing the likes of Manchester United (during the Sir Alex Ferguson era), Real Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich all have in common is ruthlessness. No player was bigger than the club and even at the peak of your powers, you are disposable if you do not conform to club standards.
In 2022, club chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi said, "don't want flashy, bling-bling anymore, it's the end of the glitter" and Mbappe's departure represents a moment to fully embrace that sentiment.
Paris, and France as a whole, is continuously nurturing some of the best young talents in the world and this is something the club know very well. Mike Maignan, Christopher Nkunku, Moussa Diaby, Kingsley Coman, Adrien Rabiot and Ferland Mendy are among some of the best players in the world and, at a stage, were part of PSG's youth setup.
All of them ended up leaving for various reasons, but this is just a glimpse into what is at the disposal of the club. France produces so many quality players that some of them end up even playing for nations of their family linage, think Seko Fofana, Riyad Mahrez, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang just to name a few.
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There have been a few teams which have won the Champions League since Mbappe became a PSG player, and none of them were the French champions. So if they are able to stop pandering to superstars and start looking inward by developing their young talent, then they could be an unstoppable force in the near future.
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