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Jun 8 “It Was Just Fate”: Mbappe Opens Up on Missing PSG’s UCL Glory as Fans Throw Shade After Historic Win

Real Madrid's newest talisman, Kylian Mbappe, has finally spoken out on why he never lifted the UEFA Champions League trophy during his time at Paris Saint-Germain — even as his former team basked in continental glory just one year after his departure.

In what many fans are calling a “bittersweet twist of fate,” PSG secured their first-ever Champions League title in a stunning 5-0 demolition of Inter Milan — an achievement that had eluded them throughout Mbappe’s glittering seven-year stay at the club.

🎙️ Mbappe: “My story was over… It had to end.”

Speaking to RMC Sport ahead of France's UEFA Nations League third-place playoff, the 26-year-old striker, now at Real Madrid, shrugged off suggestions that he left Paris too soon.

“Did I leave too soon? No. My story was over, it had to end,” he said.
“There was no bitterness. I’d reached the end of the road.
I would have tried anything. It’s just fate that it had to happen without me.”

😬 PSG Fans and Pundits Bite Back

Mbappe’s comments haven’t cooled tempers in Paris.
Some PSG fans and top officials have taken veiled jabs, implying that his departure was a necessary break for team unity and tactical balance — the very ingredients they claim led to their historic triumph.

Social media has been ablaze with reactions:

“PSG needed to lose Mbappe to find their soul.”
“He was the hero of the project, but maybe also the weight.”
“Mbappe watched them lift what he couldn’t bring… fate or not, it stings.”

🏆 What Mbappe Missed

While Mbappe left as PSG’s all-time top scorer with 256 goals in 308 appearances, the one prize that defined the club's Qatari ownership era — the UEFA Champions League — arrived just after his exit.

And the irony?
The team that lost to Bayern Munich in the 2020 final with Mbappe, went on to dominate Inter Milan in a 5-0 spectacle, playing perhaps the most fluid and united football in the club’s history — without their former star.

💬 Opinion: A Legacy That’s Now Bittersweet

Mbappe’s PSG journey is undeniably iconic — goals, records, Ligue 1 dominance. But legacies in football are often defined by trophies that mark eras, and for better or worse, PSG’s golden moment came after the golden boy left.

Yes, his departure to Real Madrid was long overdue. Yes, his talent demanded a stage like the Bernabéu.
But in the theatre of football history, timing matters. And this chapter will always echo with “what if?”

Was it fate, as he said? Perhaps.
But as fans watch him chase UCL glory in Spain, the haunting truth may remain: the crown PSG wore could’ve fit him too — but destiny, apparently, had other plans.