The severe conflict between the champions of France and their best player, Kylian Mbappé, could only be summed up as a story of very big money. In indecency mode.
The debate is not new. The most popular sport in the world idolizes the greatest footballers whose salaries sound almost like an insult to the most modest whose passion enriches them more or less directly.
How not to understand then the anger of the “smicard” against his favorite players when they do not do the job while he often sacrifices himself to pay for his subscription to the stadium. In short, this overflow of money weakens the image of football.
The Kylian Mbappé case still gives pride of place to disproportionate, shocking or sickening amounts. Monday, there was talk of an offer of 300 million euros made by the Saudi club Al-Hilal.
The proposal was accepted by PSG, eager to see the 2018 world champion leave this summer, in the absence of an extension that the captain of the Blues does not want.
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Benefiting from a loyalty bonus, estimated at 40M (for a gross annual salary of 72M) and activated on 1er August, specified RMC Sports at the beginning of the month, Kylian Mbappé is in no real hurry to leave Paris.
His future employer, if he recovers him free, therefore without paying compensation, could reserve him a substantial signing bonus as a red carpet.
Al-Khelaïfi, who’s the boss?
PSG does not consider these hypotheses at all. President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi would like to recover, at a minimum, the 180M paid in the summer of 2017 to remove AS Monaco’s promising striker at the time.
The Qatari leader also makes it a matter of honor. He clearly hinted that Kylian Mbappé had betrayed him after promising him that he would not leave the capital free.
NAK showed its authority by placing KM7 in the Parisian loft but it all looks like a big money story.
