Kylian Mbappe has not simply been knocked out of the Champions League – however now he’s out of Ligue 2 as properly.
The Actual Madrid megastar was despatched packing by Arsenal on the quarter-final stage in Europe, and now the SM Caen aspect that he co-owns are out of France’s skilled leagues.
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On Friday night time, Caen fell 3-0 at dwelling to Martigues, making their relegation to the semi-pro Nationwide 1 third-tier official.
It’s the primary time the Normandy aspect have been out of France’s prime two skilled leagues since 1984, and so they confirmed their descent with three video games nonetheless left to play.
With the worst defensive document within the division, Caen gained simply 5 occasions all season and deservedly went down.
Their co-owner Mbappe has to take among the blame, although, in line with followers.
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A banner was unfurled by the ultras at full-time which learn: “Administration, gamers: all responsible, all out.”
One other learn: “Malherbe is us, the s*** is you,” referring to the crew’s full identify, Stade Malherbe Caen.
That is removed from the primary time followers have blamed Mbappe for the crew’s struggles since his household’s firm, Interconnected Ventures, purchased a controlling 80 per cent stake within the crew in September 2024.
The crew had a disastrously unorganised summer season switch window which was criticised by brokers and gamers, together with membership captain Romain Thomas.
“It was the primary time I would skilled an low season like that,” he stated earlier than the season opener.
“There was this barely heavy environment every single day within the locker room. Every participant wasn’t reassured about their private state of affairs. Everybody was fascinated with themselves at one level.”
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Such a poor displaying inevitably led to poor outcomes, and as soon as it grew to become clear that relegation was a risk, followers turned on their absent proprietor.
Quite a few totally different banners have been unfurled earlier than and after the flip of the brand new yr, with one predominant message studying, ‘Mbappe, SMC just isn’t your toy’ and one other stated ‘Earlier than eager to shine internationally, respect the native figures’.
With the Mbappes nonetheless absent, issues obtained much more unusual in January when the membership president they put in, Ziad Hammoud, stated in an interview that the venture would start for the 2025/26 season, which is able to now be within the third tier.
Later, in February, Mbappe lastly discovered time in his busy schedule to go to the membership’s coaching floor after scoring a hat-trick in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League.
But in Caen he was met with extra abuse, with banners exterior the stadium which learn: ‘Hammoud resign. The place are you??’ and ‘Fayza [Lamari, Mbappe’s mother and agent], the rednecks [club nickname] are in deep s***.’
In truth, it’s not simply the followers both, with captain and prime scorer Alexandre Mendy even alluding to poor administration forward of the run-in.
“It is a reflection of our season,” he stated after a 4-2 defeat to Paris FC at the beginning of April.
“I am talking for myself, however if you begin a brand new season with the improper vitality, everybody is aware of what occurred throughout this switch window for a number of gamers, that is what it seems to be like at the moment.
“We’ll combat till the tip, however we solely reap what we sow.”