Di Maria: France in general have given Mbappe a lot of responsibility

Juventus Turin's Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria spoke out about PSG's French forward Kylian Mbappe.

"I think France in general have given Mbappe a lot of responsibility. The people, the president, PSG. They made him stay when he could have left and gave him all the power to be him and no one else. But there's a big difference, they gave him all that power with the best in history [Messi] next to him."

"I think they gave him all that power and strength because he's French, he was born there, won a World Cup and has an extraordinary career ahead of him. But all that aside, when I was at PSG he was a good boy and I don't think he's changed so much," Di Maria was quoted by ESPN as saying.

Last season Mbappe was close to a move to Real Madrid but signed a new contract with PSG until June 2025.

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