The lesson in humility these legends impart to Mbappe

Thierry Henry warns Kylian Mbappe that “the club is bigger” amid rumours the forward wants to leave PSG because he feels betrayed by owners. The legend claims he “hated playing wide at Barcelona but did it for the team”. He questioned the club in the French capital's methods of convincing Mbappe to stay after a summer full of speculation that he'd move to Real Madrid.

Mbappe was supposedly promised that he'd have more freedom to play on the wings - which hasn't been fully realized in his time and has led to his possible unhappiness. Henry noticed that Mbappe isn't happy with the current position that he's in - and sympathises with him - but feels the young star should continue to play there for the good of the team.

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“We know he doesn't like it and I think like I was saying, nobody likes to be exposed to what you're not good at. You just don't like it, but there is something that's bigger than everyone else and that's the club,” Henry said. “But, did they make him feel that the club was the most important thing or did they make him feel that he was more important than the club?”

"And I think at one point for me - and I will use my own stories... I didn't like to play high and wide at Barcelona. I hated it! But, I had to do it for the team. I didn't hear anyone saying, "oh what a nice gesture to go play on the left"... But at one point I always remember, there's only one rule: the boss is asking you to do something, you do it for the good of the team. And your team is winning."

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“If your team is losing, I would understand your argument. Do you think that for the first time he's in a position where he's a bit exposed in terms of what he doesn't like to do in the game?" Henry asked. Mbappe's point of view is very much, “This is not my best position I can play there and I do well there but I would rather play off a striker with more freedom like Neymar and Messi have behind me.”