VIDEO: Messi and Mbappe show a glimpse of their connection

As Leo Messi gets more comfortable with his new teammates, we finally got to see a glimpse of his connection with Kylian Mbappe.

The thought of Leo Messi playing alongside Kylian Mbappe is what’s keeping all PSG supporters wishing for Leo to start playing. As the Argentine himself already said, he will need a mini pre-season in order to get back to his top level. But ever since he arrived at the club to start training, we’ve seen him just as fast as usual and quite motivated. During the first days, we saw Leo training alongside his teammates with only touching the ball in rondos.

But today was very different, we finally got to see Messi playing competitive drills. When the attention was on him, Leo became part of Kylian Mbappe’s mini team and you can imagine how that went. At first glance, it’s evident Mbappe enjoys playing alongside Messi from looking at the combinations the two stars completed. It’s pretty much an automatic connection between the two that we might get to see a week from now.

Mbappe is still pushing for his Real Madrid exit.

The fact that Kylian Mbappe is possibly still pushing for a PSG exit this summer is mind-boggling. Refusing to play alongside Leo, especially after looking at today’s practice doesn’t make sense. If he really wants to leave PSG to play for Real Madrid, Kylian will have a hard time trying to explain to the supporters why he decided to leave the chance to play alongside Messi and Neymar. We can all tell it’s possibly not the best decision of his career but we can somewhat understand where he is coming from.

Something very similar happened to Neymar back in 2017, when PSG signed him from FC Barcelona. He saw he wasn’t the most important player in the squad and wanted to lead his own project. Mbappe loves the idea of plying for Real Madrid in a different league and with new teammates. But more importantly, Kylian was promised something that hasn’t been honored when he arrived from AS Monaco. This connection with Messi is not as important as fulfilling his dreams.