PSG had a crazy 2017 summer transfer window with the recruitment of Kylian Mbappé and Neymar, for a total of €400M. The relationship then deteriorated between the two big stars of the project, and yet when he was still at AS Monaco, Mbappé absolutely wanted to sign to be able to play alongside Neymar, as Thiago Silva reveals.
By recruiting Neymar (€222M) then Kylian Mbappé (€180M) which remain to this day the two most expensive transfers in the history of the marketthe PSG had thought big in the summer of 2017. The capital club thought it would be able to bring the two stars together for a long time and thus win the Champions League, but nothing really happened as planned since Neymar et Mbappé saw their friendship turn into a clash after a few years. Thiago Silvaformer emblematic captain of PSG, speaks frankly on this subject in an interview given to France Football.
Mbappé absolutely wanted to sign for PSG
« Neymar and Mbappé? It was a very beautiful story though. I remember the Champions Trophy against Kylian Mbappé’s Monaco in Morocco. At the end of the match, Mbappé wanted to talk with me. He told me: “Even if Neymar signs, I want to come too and be part of this team. If you can talk to the president about it.” », confides Thiago Silva behind the scenes of the arrival of Kylian Mbappé au PSG. But things quickly became complicated between him and Neymar…
“I don’t understand why they got confused”
« The two arrived that summer and their relationship was incredible. They were connected to each other, were some of the people who had the most fun every day. I didn’t understand why they got confused. I was no longer at Paris-SG. I don’t know which one caused this separation but it made me sad. They are two great boys and it’s disappointing that it ended like this », continues Thiago Silvawho therefore regrets this clash between Neymar et Mbappé au PSG.
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