Kylian Mbappé, who in the face of a juicy offer made by Real Madrid chose to stay at the French club on the condition that he would have a say in decisions, no longer hides his friction with Neymar and targeted the Argentinians in the PSG squad.
The fight of egos seems to have exploded in the Parisian team, mainly on the side of the French striker. Within PSG they claim that this is due to two fundamental factors: having a higher salary than Neymar and Lionel Messi, and that his opinion has weight in soccer decisions.
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In this context, they claim, his word was decisive in the decision to sack manager Mauricio Pochettino and Brazilian director Leonardo. According to the newspaper UOL Sporte, Mbappé asked Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the club's owner, to dismantle the clan of Argentines that existed in the locker room and that was composed of Messi, Leandro Paredes, Angel Di María and Mauro Icardi.
Perhaps there lies the explanation for Angel Di Maria and Leandro Paredes’ departure to Juventus, despite the fact that Di María had expressed his interest in staying at the club.
Messi is left without his closest friends
In this way Messi’s morale might be affected by the departure of his closest friends from PSG. However, Messi is showing the highest level since his arrival to PSG on year ago, surely the World Cup is Messi’s grandest motivation at the present time.
