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It was also reported that after he signed a new contract to remain in Paris, Mbappé instructed PSG bosses to 'dismantle the Argentine Republic' at the club so he could assume the mantle of the team's undisputed leader.
The French forward is said to have wanted the club to move on players such as Messi, Mauro Icardi, Leandro Paredes and Ander Herrera and Keylor Navas (even though Herrera and Navas are not Argentinian).
Messi remained at the club, but Icardi left for Galatasaray on loan and Paredes joined Juventus on loan last summer. Herrera, meanwhile, joined Athletic Bilbao on loan. PSG also sacked their Argentine manager Mauricio Pochettino and replaced him with French coach Christophe Galtier.
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Yet, Mbappé was said to be still unhappy about the situation at the club. In October, ESPN reported that the striker wanted to leave the club as he felt promises had not been kept by the PSG hierarchy.
Mbappé reportedly disliked playing with Neymar and Messi and preferred to play alongside a traditional centre-forward, such as Olivier Giroud as he does for the national team.
"What they ask of me here [with France] is different," Mbappe said in September.
"Here, I have much more freedom than at PSG. The coach knows that there is a number nine, like Giroud, and so I can move and go into space.
"In Paris it is different. They ask me to play pivot, although I enjoy [playing] everywhere."
Messi has been linked with a move to Inter Miami at the end of the current season, and Mbappé's links to Real Madrid won't go away, so the pair may not be teammates for much longer.
All of that, however, and the reported difficulties between the pair, will be put aside on Sunday as they prepare for the biggest match of their respective careers.
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