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Mbappe holds 'clear the air' talks with PSG
Stuart Telford
- 3 Mar 2024 10:06 GMT
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Kylian Mbappe has reportedly held clear the air talks with Paris Saint-Germain after being subbed off at half-time of their goalless draw with Monaco on Friday.
Mbappe might have been expected to have a big game against his former employers having scored 11 times in 14 meetings with them since leaving them for PSG in 2017.
But he was had an ineffectual 45 minutes at the Stade Louis II before being replaced by Randal Kolo Muani at half-time.
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What's more, he got dressed and took to the stands to watch the rest of the game with his family, rather than taking his place on the substitutes' bench. He has since sought to clear the air with manager Luis Enrique.
"Mbappé, 25, was unhappy to be subbed off and asked to speak with Luis Enrique to address the matter," reports ESPN's Julien Laurens. "And the coach told him that it was nothing personal and not retribution for the striker's reported decision to leave PSG."
Mbappe behaving like a kid after being subbed off at half-time.
No respect for the club or his teammates.pic.twitter.com/grPOUwrl9b— Robin Bairner (@RBairner) March 1, 2024
Punishment
Mbappe was also subbed off 65 minutes into last week's 1-1 draw with Rennes, and player and manager are reported to have met again on Saturday at the club's training centre on Saturday to discuss his situation.
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Laurens concludes that Mbappe still feels the substitutions are "punishment for leaving the club at the end of the season."
Mbappe looks certain to join Real Madrid ahead of the 2024/25 campaign, with los Blancos set to sign a player valued at €122.5 million by FootballTransfers' in-house algorithm for free.
While PSG will get around €200m a year off their wage bill with the move, it is understood Mbappe will earn a fraction of that at the Santiago Bernabeu, and indeed less than they offered him in 2022 before his U-turn.
Real are also lining up a move for his younger brother Ethan, while reports in Spain claim they are also ready to back the players' mother Fayza Lamari's agency as part of the package to bring him to Spain.
