Mirror
Kylian Mbappe has angered his Paris Saint-Germain teammates Neymar and Lionel Messi with his list of demands to the club hierarchy this summer.
Indeed, the appointment of new sporting director Luis Campos could be linked to Mbappe as the pair know each other from their time together at Monaco.
There is reportedly an element of rivalry between Mbappe and Messi at the Parc des Princes relating to the status of Neymar while multiple reports last season outlined the depth of the dressing room split in Paris – with Mbappe believing Messi’s friend lacks discipline and is damaging to the club.
Mbappe and Neymar fell out over the order of penalty takers in the team during the Ligue 1 clash against Montpellier last weekend, after the Brazilian did not allow his teammate to take PSG’s second spot-kick after the Frenchman had seen his first effort saved.
So bad was the tension inside the dressing room that experienced defender and former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos was reportedly forced to step in to separate the feuding pair – as cracks reappeared, in spectacular fashion, within the squad.
It has now been revealed how the club’s South American contingent – led by Messi and Neymar – has been left infuriated by Mbappe’s list of transfer demands this summer to the club’s hierarchy. Brazilian outlet UOL Esporte describe how the Frenchman “dismantled the Argentine Republic” that provided a kind of protective layer to Messi and Neymar in the dressing room…
