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That’s according to football consultant Ian McGarry, who thinks Mbappe has launched a direct challenge to Neymar’s position as the most important player at PSG by issuing a number of demands to the club.

According to journalist Duncan Castles, Mbappe - who hinted at a PSG exit last month after being crowned Ligue 1’s Player of the Year - has told the French champions he wants to be their first-choice striker, penalty taker and generally regarded as the main man at the Parc Des Princes.

It is also believed the 20-year-old wants Thomas Tuchel to adopt a 4-4-2 formation, a system he thrived in at Monaco.

And if these reports are accurate, McGarry expects a frosty showdown between Mbappe and the world’s most expensive player when PSG return for pre-season training.

“I would love to be a fly on that dressing room when Neymar comes back for pre-season training, gets wind of what’s going on and challenges Mbappe on it and then see what Neymar decides to do,” he told The Transfer Window podcast.

“Because let’s face it, he’s pretty famous for throwing his toys out of the pram anyway for the smallest thing.

“But this is a direct challenge to his position as the most important player at PSG, the most influential player at PSG.

“So I don’t think Neymar will take that very well and it won’t be Thomas Tuchel who gets to sort it out, because they’ll both go over the head coaches and go straight to the owners and say basically ‘who’s more important, him or me? Because you’ve got to pick and if you don’t pick me, I’m off.’”

McGarry’s claim comes amid:

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Castles then chipped in himself, saying: “The timing’s important because Mbappe knows that Neymar has been agitating to leave the club pretty much since he got there.

“He knows that Neymar is again trying to get out this summer, that Barcelona have proposed deals which would involve Ousmane Dembele and Philippe Coutinho going to Paris St-Germain in exchange for Neymar.

“He I’m sure will be aware that for the first time, the Qatari owners who own Paris St-Germain are willing to consider selling Neymar if the deal is right for them.

“Essentially for the reasons we’re talking about here, because Neymar hasn’t delivered, has been a problem to the club, has been a problem internally in the dressing room and there is now a consideration that it would make economic and sporting sense to get rid of Neymar if the right money comes in from a suitor.

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“The question is whether they can get that right money.

“Mbappe I think here is taking advantage of that situation to say ‘well if you’re gonna let Neymar go, then I automatically become the most important player to the team.’

“He knows that Qatar have no interest in selling him. He knows that he is valued more than Neymar to them because of his performances on the field and I think because he has a presence in France as a World Cup winner, as a young star, as a guy who actually delivers on the field, that Neymar doesn’t have.

“So take advantage of that situation when you can to strengthen your position there.”