Mbappe breaks silence on Real Madrid deal: ‘Things made me unhappy at PSG’
Kylian Mbappe admitted "things and people made me unhappy" in his final year at Paris St-Germain.The French forward will join Real Madrid on a five-year deal when his Paris St-Germain contract expires on 30 June.Speaking to the media on Tuesday (4 June), the 25-year-old said: “I wasn't unhappy at PSG. I wasn't unhappy at PSG, because to say that I was unhappy at PSG would be to show ungratefulness. And that would be spitting in the face of all the people who defended me and supported me. I was always happy at PSG, but it's true that there were things that made me unhappy.”SOURCE: PA
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00:00 - You said that a happy man is more likely to perform than an unhappy man. Did you mean that you were unhappy this season? If so, why?
00:10 - I wasn't unhappy at the PYG. I wasn't unhappy because it would have been spit in the soup to say that I was unhappy at the PYG.
00:18 And it would have been spit on the faces of all those people who defended me, who accompanied me.
00:22 So at the PYG I have always been happy. But there are things that made me unhappy.
00:30 And a player like me, with this size, can't show when he is unhappy.
00:36 Because I was a leader in this team. I was someone that people followed.
00:42 If the guy you follow is unhappy and is dragging his spleen, it's complicated to follow.
00:46 You don't follow a guy like that. So I tried to be as positive as possible.
00:50 And as I said, the coach, the players, all the employees, all the people at the club helped me a lot.
00:56 So it would be... Excuse me for the expression, it's a bit violent what I'm saying.
01:01 It would be a bit of a bastard to come and spit once I have my new club and say that I was unhappy.
01:06 I was never unhappy at the PYG with all the people who were there.
01:10 But there are things and people who made me unhappy, of course.