In an interview with “GQ” magazine, Kylian Mbappé opens up… a bit.
Kylian Mbappé is gradually breaking his silence. He granted a major interview to GQ, in which he talks about almost everything except his future.
Firstly, Mbappé discusses the Olympics. “I have reached a stage in my life and my career where I don’t want to force things anymore. If they let me participate, I will gladly go, but if it’s not possible, I will understand.”
The Euro. “We are one of the most anticipated teams in this competition, and we are ready and calm. We had very good qualifications, and our goal is to win.”
The hectic schedule and the NBA model. “Personally, I am not against playing so much, but we cannot be good every time and give the audience the expected spectacle,” warns the French international. “We are approaching the NBA model, with seventy-game seasons. In the NBA, players don’t play every game, and franchises practice load management [resting non-injured star players]. But today, if I decided to say ‘I’m tired, I’m not playing on Saturday,’ it wouldn’t go over well.”
Bus travels. PSG often opts for bus travel for short trips. Mbappé treated himself to the new Playstation Portal to “survive” (according to GQ) the two and a half hours of bus travel to Le Havre. “I will charge it well,” he says.
Saudi Arabia and his… own path. “Many great players who have marked the history of football left Europe this summer, and we are entering a new era of football. It’s the normal cycle of this sport, and at some point, it will be my turn to leave,” he relativizes. “These changes don’t worry me, and I am just thinking about continuing my career by following my own path.”