S. Umtiti said on Tuesday in RMC's "Rothen s'enflamme" program that K. Mbappé's comments about O. Dembélé were taken out of context and there is no reason for tension between the two players.

The debate surrounding the 2025 Ballon d'Or award and competition between O. Dembélé and K. Mbappé continues. Paris Saint-Germain defeated Brest 1-0 last Sunday in Ligue 1, with O. Dembélé responding to K. Mbappé's earlier interview about individual awards. K. Mbappé had said: "I'm always seen as the chosen one," while O. Dembélé was described as "a talented player." The French national team captain did not expect such a response from his international teammate, and the two will see each other soon at the Clairefontaine training center.

S. Umtiti believes the two players have very different personalities. He commented: "These two players have completely different personalities. Dembélé is not Mbappé and vice versa. Everyone knows that Mbappé has his own way of expressing himself, and sometimes you have to understand what he really means and look at it from a broader perspective."

S. Umtiti was not surprised by the timing of O. Dembélé's response, as the Ballon d'Or ceremony will be held in London on October 29. He said: "I'm not surprised by the timing. It's clear that we're in the final stretch of the Ballon d'Or competition right now."

S. Umtiti also believes there is nothing wrong with O. Dembélé's response after the match against Brest, especially since he used the phrase "the chosen one" that K. Mbappé had used. He stated: "I don't mind that Dembélé spoke that way after the game. I think it's normal. If they're friends, there's no problem. And he also used Mbappé's phrasing."

However, S. Umtiti later acknowledged that K. Mbappé's manner of speaking may have made some teammates uncomfortable. He drew on his experience working with eight-time Ballon d'Or winner Messi at Barcelona: "When I was at Barcelona, Messi would never make a statement like that about the Ballon d'Or. I found this statement quite difficult to accept, but that's Mbappé, and I think it may have made some of his teammates around him uncomfortable."

Despite reservations about K. Mbappé's comments, S. Umtiti still believes the public has overlooked the full context of what K. Mbappé said. He stated: "I've read what Mbappé said again and again, and he didn't say anything bad about Dembélé. It's just that this sentence was taken out of context somewhat, because before that he was still praising Dembélé."

S. Umtiti believes that K. Mbappé's comments about their different career trajectories were not an attack on O. Dembélé. He said: "What I see is that Mbappé said Dembélé is very talented, and that's true. No one thought Dembélé would win the Ballon d'Or. Everyone thought Mbappé would win it. He spoke the truth."

S. Umtiti is therefore cautious about whether there is real conflict between these two French national team players. He stated: "I'm not sure if what outsiders say about the situation between Mbappé and Dembélé is true. There's no reason they should quarrel." He concluded: "In the end, Mbappé didn't say anything wrong. We took that sentence out of context, and that's how it became a small issue."

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