Kylian Mbappe says 'gossip' around his performances at Paris Saint-Germain isn't helped by club's 'divisive' status

Kylian Mbappe says «gossip» around his performances at Paris Saint-Germain isn't helped by the club's «divisive» status. At just 24, the France captain has quite the career palmares already; winning the World Cup, landing a clean sweep of trophies in France and with a host of individual awards also to his name. Ad But, in a controversial interview with France Football — which has reportedly seen six PSG players complain to club president Nasser El-Khelaifi — the forward admits he is «always dissatisfied», and talked about how playing in his homeland brings more scrutiny onto him.

Ligue 1'Door is open' for Mbappe exit — PSG president Al-Khelaifi sets two-week deadline for star striker05/07/2023 AT 17:31 All of this comes amid a contract stand-off with PSG, with a new report suggesting Mbappe has already agreed to join Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer. «Do people trivialise my performances? Yes, but at the same time, I don't blame them,» Mbappe began. «In France, they saw me grow up, they see me all the time, at PSG every weekend or in the national team, and I've been scoring a lot for years.

»So, for people, it becomes normal. I never complained that my performances were trivialised. I am young and I had the chance to be an observer, not so long ago, before being an actor.

«And myself, I trivialised what [Lionel] Messi was doing, what Cristiano Ronaldo was doing, what the great players were doing. Premier League fixtures: Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd in live action on TNT Sports Pochettino lays down gauntlet to challenge Man City – ‘We need to believe’ »We are in a consumer society, where 'it's good, but do it again'. And the fact that I'm right next door, in Paris… I think playing at PSG doesn't help much