Stop or at Paris SG?
Kylian Mbappé continues to cast doubt on his future in the capital.
According to
L'Equipe
a few days ago, the star striker even decided not to extend his contract which will end in June 2022. Courted by several major European clubs (Real Madrid, Manchester City in particular), the international ( 22 years old) would consider going abroad.
An option favored by Nicolas Anelka.
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In an open letter published on the site
The Athletic
,
the 42-year-old former Parisian striker advises the young prodigy to pack his bags in order to take a step forward. A choice that Anelka considers essential after four seasons spent in the Qatari club. “
Your choice depends on what you want to accomplish in football. If you are aiming for the highest honors, you will have to leave PSG at some point. Whatever you do in Paris, it will be good, but you will always have someone to say: "
That's what you did at PSG, but it was only France
." The best leagues are in England and Spain, so you haven't been able to compete against the best players in the best league yet.
», Writes Anelka who has played in the Premier League (Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Bolton, West Bromwich) and in La Liga (Real Madrid).
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Nicolas Anelka, who left his post of sports director of Hyères FC and the project led by Mourad Boudjellal after three months of collaboration, considers that the level of competitiveness of Ligue 1, where he has won everything, is a real obstacle to his ambitions.
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If you want to win the Ballon d'Or, which you should aspire to to echo Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, you will have to measure yourself against the best
", added the native of Chesnay in the Yvelines, who suggests to the player of 'go and rub shoulders with what is best, elsewhere.
"
You cannot say that you measure yourself against the best all the time when you are at PSG.
Ligue 1 is not easy, don't get me wrong, but I think the most difficult Championship is in England.
So if you want to be one of the best you have to do what you do with PSG at Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City or Liverpool.
Or go to Spain, Real Madrid or Barça.
Or maybe in Italy.
There, we can talk about a more global impact.
"
Anelka returns to the missed goal against Switzerland
Anelka, who very rarely speaks in the media, ends her letter by returning to the failed Euro and the legitimate disappointment of her compatriot by evoking the missed penalty shootout synonymous with elimination against Switzerland in the round of 16. A failure that the tricolor striker must, according to him, assume, without wanting to erase it from his memory: “
Missing a last shot on goal, it's a scar that scores and that will always score, you feel alone. The only thing there is to do is work, work, work to score again and start to forget. But in fact, you never forget. I have never forgotten and I will never forget. We live with it and it's cruel.
"
