Jamie Carragher and Thierry Henry were less than impressed with Kylian Mbappe after allegations surfaced about the Frenchman wanting to leave PSG.
The former told CBS Sports (via Rousing the Kop) ahead of the Ligue 1 team’s Champions League clash with Benfica: “Things like this, I think for me, we all love him as a player, he’s incredible”.
“But there is too much ego, power for a 23-year-old player. Who is one of the best players in the world, but it is too much for a young player.
There was some overlap in Thierry Henry’s thoughts on the former Monaco attacker, who criticized the 23-year-old’s apparent unwillingness to sacrifice himself for the team.
“Nobody likes to be exposed to what they’re not good at. He doesn’t like it,” the former Arsenal star also mentioned on CBS (via HITC).
“But if there is something that is bigger than anything else, it is the club.
“But did they make you feel that the club is the most important thing? Or did they feel that he is more important than the club?
“I will use my own story: I did not like to play tall and wide in Barcelona. She hated it. But I had to do it for the team, I didn’t hear anyone say ‘oh, what a nice gesture to play on the left for others who have fewer goals than me and fewer games’.
“But, at one point, I remembered that there is only one rule. The boss is asking you to do something, you do it for the good of your team. And your team is winning, if your team is not winning, then I would have understood that argument.
“I really don’t know what they promised him (when he signed a contract). From the outside, it seems like she has never heard of a ‘no’ in his life.”
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Mbappe’s latest tantrum will, if reports are to be believed, set him further away from Jurgen Klopp and Anfield, after a Marca report raised the possibility of a move to L4, given the importance we place on character.
We must rightly acknowledge that the striker is a generational talent, although it is becoming increasingly clear that the damage he could do to our team spirit would outweigh the potential benefit his signing would bring.
That also overlooks the fact that we’ve invested heavily in the attacking line in recent years, most recently adding £64m to Darwin Nunez to the squad in the summer.
Come next summer window, it would be much more appropriate to spend our funds on tackling midfield, which has been a clearly problematic area this term.
Check out the full conversation below, courtesy of CBS Sports:
???? “There is only one rule, the boss asks you to do something, you do it for the good of the team”.
???? “There is too much ego, too much power for a 24-year-old player”.
Thierry Henry, @Carra23 and @LaurensJulien talk about Kylian Mbappé and report that he wants to leave PSG. ???? pic.twitter.com/2tVzg8fx4z
– CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) October 11, 2022
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