Undermined by cascading controversies, Kylian Mbappé appears morally damaged. For many specialists, the depression is obvious and portends complicated times for the Bondynois.
Kylian Mbappé is not coping. Plagued by doubt with Real Madrid, the French striker also saw Didier Deschamps deprive him of the Blues for the French team’s two matches against Israel and Italy. Enough to undermine him a little more morally, he who is going through the worst period of his career. By the admission of certain relatives, the Bondynois appears more and more affected.
« Call it what you want, but Kylian has had a mental problem for several months, whispered a relative. It’s not resolved like that. It takes time and work that is carried out with specialists,” said a member of his entourage in the columns of L’Equipe. Statements to which journalist Régis Testelin subscribes.
“If you look at Mbappé’s situation with regard to a probable depression, in the medical sense of the term, a probable burn-out, in the medical sense of the term, you turn around that by considering that this is the point starting point, and everything is explained and everything fits together”, he recently confided on the set of L’Equipe du Soir.
Kylian Mbappé, an obvious diagnosis
Kylian Mbappé would not be the first player to suffer from depression and the disease does not spare superstars as evidenced by the recent testimonies of Thierry Henry, Neymar or Andres Iniesta. And according to Laurent Edriat, a mental trainer who is used to working with footballers, coming out of depression is not easy for a footballer.
“The simple pedestrian is subject to burn-out, but the problem of the footballer is above all not being able to change employers, he is forced to stay in a system that does not suit him. A top athlete is like an artist, he must realize himself, not become an employee,” he explained in the columns of So Foot, adding: “It’s probably harder for a footballer to come out of depression because he has more free time. He talks a lot, he hears a lot, so he thinks too much. Everyone calls him and even though his loved ones adore him, they prevent him from disconnecting. By wanting to help him, they push him even further. »
And regarding the Mbappé case, the harm is obvious. “We talk about a mental problem when performances don’t follow, but it can happen when the player is still good on the pitch. I think he must not have been well for a year, a year and a half, and now it’s only getting worse.” he thus analyzed.
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