Last summer, Kylian Mbappé shook PSG and thus forced Nasser Al-Khelaifi to react. While he had extended until 2024, the French team striker had decided not to use his optional year (until 2025). A huge blow for the capital club which therefore implied that Kylian Mbappé would go until the end of his contract and then leave free. An obviously untenable situation for an institution like PSG which would therefore lose hundreds of millions of euros if the Bondynois decided to leave for free. “I said that next year I will play for PSG. I still have one year of contract so I will honor my contract” he explained at the end of last season.
A response which had not convinced anyone, not even his president who had decided to exclude him from the pre-season tour and who had not hesitated to charge him in the press.“My position is very clear. I don’t want to repeat myself every time: if Kylian wants to stay, we want him to stay. But he needs to sign a new contract. We don’t want to let the best player in the world leave for free. It’s impossible (…) It’s a French club. It’s his city. He said he would never go free. If he changes his mind today, it’s not my fault.”, he said at the time of Luis Enrique’s presentation. Subsequently, the discussions seemed positive since KM7 had been reinstated in the Parisian group.
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This decision also seemed to set the trend: an agreement that would suit both parties could be found. Recently, the French press also revealed that this deal between PSG and the man with 15 goals and 2 assists in 15 matches would mainly concern his bonuses. Information that goes in the direction of the bomb dropped by A.S. this Thursday. Indeed, the Spanish daily reveals that PSG no longer intends to make an extension offer to Kylian Mbappé. His case is simple, the player must activate his optional year on his own to continue for one season as was initially agreed. In any case, Paris cannot offer a new contract to its star who already has an XXL contract since its extension in May 2022.
PSG obviously wants Kylian Mbappé to stay at the club in the short term. And according to AS, the capital club wants to convince him sportingly by showing him that his desire to play off-center on the left cannot be fulfilled at Real Madrid with the presence of Vinicius Jr. On the side of Casa Blanca, the time has come to calm. The Madrid club is calm in this matter and will really go on the attack on January 1st. But PSG’s decision not to offer a new contract to Mbappé obviously suits Real Madrid who will not need to align with QSI’s resources. The Spanish daily concludes by explaining that, like past seasons, this Mbappé file is likely to be long and to be talked about for a few more months. Especially since other clubs seem to want to beat PSG and Real Madrid to the post.
