It is an understatement to say that Kylian Mbappé stirred up the summer football transfer window. After several months of procrastination and a suspense that has become unbearable for football fans, the tricolor prodigy made a crucial choice for the rest of his career. Strongly courted by Real Madrid who seemed to have his preference, the 23-year-old Frenchman finally opted for an extension with Paris Saint Germain.
This is very encouraging news for the club from the capital given the breathtaking sports performance of the 23-year-old international. However, the scorching speed striker probably did not expect such a delicate recovery with the Parisian club. He was first forced to skip the Champions Trophy against Nantes on July 31 due to suspension. He then missed the start of the championship due to an adductor scare.
It was finally yesterday evening, Saturday August 13, that he was able to set foot on the lawn of the Parc des Princes during the second match of the season against Montpellier. And if he did score a goal during the meeting clearly won by PSG 5 goals to 2, a penalty story comes to parasitize this first appearance of the season. Indeed, he imposed himself to take the first penalty of the match, which he also missed. But more than the failure, it was the fact of passing in front of his teammates Neymar and Messi for this exercise apart that challenged.
A Neymar fan account did not fail to underline this indelicacy which is already controversial. “Now it’s official, it’s Mbappé who takes the penalties at PSG. Clearly it’s a matter of contract, because in no club in the world that has Neymar, he would be the second shooter, none!! It seems that because of the contract, Mbappé is the owner of PSG !!”, we could read. A comment that was liked by … Neymar himself! The Brazilian fully assumes it, he seems to want to be designated number one penalty shooter. This should not make the good atmosphere reign between the two partners at the start of the season…