Kylian Mbappé and 21st Century Football.

aym.k
22 min readAug 2, 2023

“Football has changed” Kylian Mbappé, May 23, 2022.

Nasser Al-Khelaifi, President of Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé, day of his contract extension is made official on the Parc des Princes pitch — May 2022
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and Kylian Mbappé, May 2022— Credits to PSG

Locked in a battle with the club from the city where he was born, Kylian Mbappé is irritating his club and supporters to the highest degree, as they feel betrayed. Indeed, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), suspects his player, still under contract until June 2024 (he did not activate his option for 2025), of having concluded a pre-agreement with Real Madrid for a free transfer in a year.

What has happened since his contract extension in May 2022? At that time, the player and his president were seen, all smiles, surrounded by fireworks in Paris Saint-Germain’s legendary stadium, the Parc des Princes.

“MPaypal”, as many internet users all over the world and Parisian supporters have recently nicknamed Mbappé. When he joined Paris Saint-Germain in the summer of 2017, after a lengthy battle with some of Europe’s top clubs: FC Barcelona, Manchester City, and especially Real Madrid (already…), the football world witnessed the emergence of a player capable of radically transforming its future.

Mbappé : a different kind of player.

Born in Paris, in 1998, the year of France’s first World Cup victory (3–0 victory over Brazil in the final), Kylian Mbappé took his first steps in a…

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