Verratti annoyed by reports surrounding Mbappe’s future

Marco Verratti

joked about the discussion surrounding the France international’s future and that it made him “sick”, as reports claiming the forward would leave

sent him into a tailspin.

Kylian Mbappe

may depart

when he hits free agency at the end of the season and talks surrounding his future has been raising in the 2021-22 season.

As per reports from Goal, the French striker has reached an agreement with Real Madrid to join them in the summer, with the announcement coming after the

final.

Verratti said that Mbappe’s choice will be significant to the Ligue 1 side, but he is annoyed by the talks surrounding the 23-year-old.

He told Le Parisien:

“It will have an impact on the club, whatever his decision will be. He’s one of the best players on the planet right now so we all want him to stay here. But when I speak with him, it’s more just to have a laugh.

"In football, when you have something on your mind, if a decision is coming up, you don’t talk about it.

"It’s his decision, and I’m waiting for it like you are.

"When I was on my day off and I saw a notification saying that Kylian is in Madrid, it made me sick [laughs].

"Even if afterwards he told me: 'Don’t worry, I was on holiday'. We’re all waiting to find out."

When asked whether he gives Mbappe advice regarding his future, he said:

"No, because he knows what I think.

"I wouldn’t be a good advisor, in any case not an objective one. I wouldn’t be thinking about his own good, but that of everyone here in Paris."

PSG were eliminated from the Champions League in the Round of 16 at the hands of Real Madrid. The French side’s fans aimed their anger at Lionel Messi and Neymar. Verratti knows where the fans are coming from but says games at PSG are like away matches because of the atmosphere.

"I don’t think their anger is just linked to results. The Madrid game was the eye-opener for all of that, but there were great expectations at the start of the season,"

he said.

"It was being said that [director] Leonardo and Nasser [Al-Khelaifi, president] had brought in big players, and now it’s their fault if we’re not winning? It’s too easy to say that.

"Supporters are allowed to whistle but not during a match. During the game, we are all together. Sometimes it feels like we’re not playing at home anymore.

"It’s difficult to understand. We need the supporters, and there are other ways to get your anger across. We can talk, for example.

"I have no issue with [talking to the fans]. If it’s a discussion like today, calm and respectful, then yes.

"I know that the fans spend a lot of money on season tickets and on away games. So they are allowed to clap or whistle at the end of games, but if we all want to grow together, we shouldn’t throw everything in the bin.

"It’s hard to take, but we were knocked out by Real Madrid, who are a great team.

"Imagine if we’d been knocked out by Villarreal like Bayern Munich were, we wouldn’t have made it out of the stadium!

"We have to be united to reach our goal. I know Paris will become the best club in the world. It just needs time."

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