The historian admits, however, that the choice of Kylian Mbappé to stay at PSG is “a big surprise. We are used to seeing the best French footballers go abroad”.
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Kylian Mbappé will finally extend his contract at PSG until 2025. A decision that made Madrid fall from a very high level as they expected to see him join Spain. “He is the powerful player who will be able to decide”estimated on franceinfo Monday May 23 Paul Dietschy, professor of history at the University of Franche-Comté, author of Football History.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the club’s president, and Kylian Mbappé give a press conference Monday at 3 p.m. Kylian Mbappé is invited in the evening to the 8 p.m. news of TF1. A rare media exposure, according to the historian.
“It feels like an event of national significance that engages the life of the country.”
Paul Dietschy, historianat franceinfo
“We are reaching a level not reached for 30 years”, according to him. According to Paul Dietschy, this decision of the footballer is “a big surprise. We are used to seeing the best French footballers go abroad”. He explains this decision by “the influence of Qatar and PSG” in French football.
After this announcement the club’s sporting director, Leonardo, was sacked. The club’s coach, Mauricio Pochettino, is also on the way out. Kylian Mbappe “will be able to build the team around him, for him” Judge Paul Dietschy. As a Frenchman, “advertising contracts will be more interesting” also. “He will also perhaps be able to choose the coach”, according to the historian. “He is the powerful player who will be able to decide his near future”he concludes.
He compares him to Maradona when he arrived in Napoli: “There is a conjunction of economic interests that makes it something new”, according to him. For the club, “It nationalizes the PSG project, it is anchored in the territory”. “We are moving from a media and financial phase to a sporting phase”judge Paul Dietschy.