Thierry Henry offers blunt advice to Kylian Mbappe after PSG exit Champions League
Kylian Mbappe has to leave Paris Saint-Germain if he wants to 'compete', the superstar has been warned by French legend Thierry Henry.
PSG will finish yet another season without the elusive Champions League trophy after their last 16 defeat to Bayern Munich this week, a tie that finished 3-0 on aggregate.
After a prolonged transfer saga, Mbappe signed a new PSG contract to 2024 last year, but questions are being asked about whether the 2018 World Cup winner will want to stay at the Parc de Princes.
“I think it is going to be difficult to keep him even if he stayed last summer,” said Henry on CBS Sports after PSG's loss to Bayern in the second leg.
“I’ll tell you why I left Arsenal [for Barcelona]. I like to compete more than anything in the world. I loved Arsenal, but I loved to compete more.
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"Remember that team at Barcelona? It was Ronaldinho, [Samuel] Eto'o, and [Lionel] Messi. I had been told that I wasn't going to start. I said 'We will see', because I like to compete.
“So if you like to compete, Kylian, you have to go and compete.”
Henry was also critical of Paris Saint-Germain's recruitment policy, saying: "What is the plan? What is the identity? What is the philosophy? What are you trying to achieve?
"I have said very often that there is a rift between the club and many supporters of the former PSG. They almost preferred the former Paris Saint-Germain. Which may seem crazy since if you had told me 20 years ago that Paris was going to have this team I would have thought it was a joke, it could not not happen. The fans of the time would have said: 'Give me the papers, where do I sign?'
"Now that they have this team, they are not always happy because they cannot always relate to this team.”