Mundo Deportivo made the front page last Thursday, reporting on the tension between Neymar and Mbappé at Paris Saint-Germain. A video has gone viral on social networks showing Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappé being ignored by teammate Neymar.
In the video, Paris Saint-Germain players are practising in pairs. It was only a very brief exercise together, but to everyone’s surprise, when Mbappé stretched out his hands to Neymar for physical training, there was no response from Neymar. Neymar simply ignored him. As a result, an assistant coach of Paris Saint-Germain had to replace Neymar to practice with Mbappé. And Neymar completely changed his attitude after meeting Messi, who immediately practised with him.
“Neymar ha ignorado a Mbappé para esperar a Messi, me descojono”, escribió el usuario de Twitter @AlberrtoRM. Y surgieron otras voces en consonancia. “Neymar rechazando a Mbappé para entrenar con Messi me da años de vida”, sumó @EnElVar. “Con vos no quiero jugar, yo soy amigo de Lío. Neymar”, interpretó @plexaleOK.
But is Neymar really ignoring Mbappé? Some said it wasn’t clear if Mbappé was inviting Neymar or someone else when he held out his arms. Both seemed to have a moment of suspicion. According to Le Parisian, the former coach of Lille and OGCN ice wants to have Neymar support the duo of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé in his 3-5-2 formation. Anyway, we hope there will be no tensions with Paris Saint-Germain.