PSG and Real Madrid target Kylian Mbappe involved in bust-up

Bengaluru, August 22: Training ground bust-ups are the latest trend in order to engineer a move away from the club and the latest player involved in a serious bust-up is highly-rated Monaco teenager Kylian Mbappe.

The AS Monaco teenager was 'excluded' from Monaco training last week after an altercation with a teammate, according to various reports.

Mbappe has been the subject of intense speculation this summer, with a number of clubs interested in the forward.

Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Manchester City have been most regularly linked with making a move for him, while Barcelona, Arsenal and Liverpool also remain interested. However, it is believed that PSG are currently leading the chase for the 18-year-old.

The Frenchman did not feature in Monaco's victory over FC Metz on Saturday (August 19), while he was an unused substitute the previous week against Dijon.

Monaco manager Leonardo Jardim denied that he is punishing the teenager.

"Was Mbappe punished? No, not at all," he said last week. "With everything going on around an 18-year-old kid, it's our responsibility to protect him from the storm."

French newspaper L'Equipe have stoked the fire, claiming that Mbappe was involved in an altercation with a teammate last week, hence why he missed the win over Metz.

They report that Mbappe and defender Andrea Raggi engaged in an argument, and that the pair traded insults.

'He refused to leave the field, determined not to move. All the other players had to train on another lawn,' the story claims.

Reports on Sunday (August 20) from Spain possibly conflated the issue, claiming that Mbappe was involved in a training-ground row with Jardim.

Mundo Deportivo claim that Mbappe had been sent home after the argument, but it appears as though the situation actually involved Raggi, and not Jardim. There are still a few days left in the summer transfer window and we have to wait and see if the French international remains at the club or not.