Guess who is on the front page of the Spanish daily Marca this Thursday ? Bingo; It’s Kylian Mbappé. For a change, some will say. It must be said that in Spain, we have started the countdown: in two months, Florentino Pérez will officially be able to negotiate with the Parisian player and without an entourage, without Paris Saint-Germain having a say. Optimism is therefore the order of the day in the offices of the Santiago Bernabéu, where we are convinced that this year is the right one.
Above all, the Spanish media gives us some details on how the situation is experienced in Paris. The newspaper is thus in line with what had already been said across the Pyrenees in recent months: PSG still wants to try to extend it, for at least one additional season. There has already been talk of a somewhat desperate offer, clearly not accepted by the principal concerned.
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However, off the record, the Parisians would not show any optimism about the player’s future and know that it is practically impossible to witness a turnaround in the situation as could have been the case in the past. For its part, Real Madrid remains quite cautious in this matter. Above all, he doesn’t want to give the impression of being desperate and chasing after a player who has already told him no several times, when the Merengues were already popping champagne to celebrate his arrival. The message that Madrilenians are spreading is this: we don’t need Mbappé.
That doesn’t mean they won’t sign him if he’s still free, quite the contrary, since he’s still the club’s priority. The media also adds that in the world of football, many players (agents, intermediaries, etc.) consider that it is closed. But the Whites don’t want to put themselves in a position where they would have to be on their knees again begging for the player to come, and they believe that with players like Jude Bellingham or Vinicius Junior in the squad, the arrival of Mbappé is no longer a question of life or death. His arrival would be a luxury, more than a necessity. The message has gotten through.
