Mbappe wants to see off Pochettino and Neymar
FranceStriker Kylian Mbappe is said to have promoted the PSG leadership to push away 14 names, including coach Mauricio Pochettino and Neymar, this summer.
May 21, Mbappe renew with PSG under contract until 2025 with weekly salary of USD 815,000. In addition to becoming the highest-paid football player in history, Mbappe decides on many sports projects, has a voice decision in the change of coach and the transfer of PSG.
According to the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Mbappe began to interfere in the transfer plan when listing a list of 14 names that need to be eliminated in the summer of 2022. And of these, coach Pochettino and striker Neymar are the two most prominent.
Mbappe and Neymar are no longer as close as they were a year or two ago. Image: AP
The 2018 World Cup winner also wants PSG to sell some other key players in the first team such as Mauro Icardi, Julian Draxler, Ander Herrera, Idrissa Gueye, Leandro Paredes and Thilo Kehrer. Meanwhile, the group is often on the bench and does not have many contributions such as Danilo Pereira, Layvin Kurzawa, Pablo Sarabia, Juan Bernat, Colin Dagba and Sergio Rico are also on the list.
Follow Mundo Deportivo, sporting director Leonardo is certain to leave PSG this summer, and Luis Campos is expected to be the replacements. This will make Mauricio Pochettino – Coach backed by Leonardo – no future at Parc des Princes.
Mauricio Pochettino leads PSG from December 2020, after the team fired Thomas Tuchel. In more than a year of work, the Argentine coach won the French Super Cup 2020, the French Cup 2020-2021 and the Ligue 1 2021-2022. However, the PSG leadership is not satisfied with the performance in the Champions League, losing to Man City 1-4 in the semi-finals last season and Real 2-3 in the round of 16 this season.
Pochettino was also rumored to join Man Utd, before the club appointed Erik ten Hag. However, the 50-year-old coach confirmed that he will continue to lead PSG next season. “For now, I will still stay at PSG. 100% sure,” he said at the end of April.
Mbappe ignored when Pochettino consoled after PSG lost to Real in the round of 16 of the Champions League in February 2022. Image: AP
Similarly, the future of Neymar at the Parc des Princes is also a question mark. After the record $ 263 million deal from Barca in the summer of 2017, the position of the Brazilian star at PSG is declining. Follow L’Equipe, the relationship between Neymar and Mbappe has broken down. Things were so bad that president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was willing to let the Brazilian star leave, if it earned $ 95 million.
Newcastle – one of the few clubs with enough financial potential – has contacted Neymar. But the 30-year-old star is said to not want to move to this English club. Meanwhile, European giants like Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Real and Bayern are not interested in signing Neymar.
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