PSG’s Official Announcement Regarding Mbappé Affects His Future with Madrid
What has transpired in Paris complicates the situation for a potential signing
Luis Enrique, the PSG coach, has made it clear what Kylian Mbappé’s future looks like at the Parisian club with statements that could jeopardize a potential move to Real Madrid.
Real Madrid views with some concern the decision made by PSG coach Luis Enrique regarding Kylian Mbappé. The French player seems to have become the absolute leader in the dressing room, judging by the words of the Asturian coach. In his latest press conference after a last-minute draw against LOSC Lille, Luis Enrique made it clear that “Kylian plays where he wants.”
His position in the starting eleven is entirely at the discretion of the forward from Bondy, who appears to have bypassed the authority of Luis Enrique in an essential tactical matter when it comes to building the plans, dynamics, and automatisms of the Parisian team. Luis Enrique describes this new measure as “total freedom of positioning. He can play inside, outside, and we balance the team’s positions.”
“The difference lies more in the profile of the one accompanying him: center forward or winger? It depends on the game.” With these statements, everything indicates that Kylian Mbappé is the one dictating orders to the team from the dressing room, at least in the forward area. This measure is surprising because the real responsibility for choosing the players who make up each starting eleven lies with the coach.
Seeing is believing Luis Enrique’s statements about the tactical freedom Kylian Mbappé has are a new example of how PSG may have resigned itself to giving the forward from Bondy total control over the sporting aspect of the French entity. While this was a promise already present in his 2022 renewal, it is now that he has effectively taken control of decisions that he should not be able to make or validate.
This would not happen at Real Madrid, where the chain of command is very clear, and instances where both the Real Madrid executives and the players ‘rebel’ against the coach and decide to modify their call-up or starting eleven are rare. The absence of “total freedom” that Kylian Mbappé would have at the Santiago Bernabéu could deter him from the White House and lead him to opt for a renewal during the next summer.
