Kylian Mbappé refused to exercise the option on an extension of his contract until 2025. PSG want to sell him this summer rather than see him go free in a year. A departure that does not worry more than that a former strongman of Paris Saint-Germain.
Will Kylian Mbappé still be a Paris Saint-Germain player when the Ligue 1 season resumes on the weekend of August 12? Nothing is less certain since we learned that the vice-world champion had responded negatively to the possibility of exercising an option in his contract to extend until 2025. Faced with this situation, the Parisian leaders would have decided to be firm, namely to put Mbappé on the transfer market now rather than seeing him go free in a year.
For his part, the Parisian number 7 was clear, he will play at PSG next season, the hypothesis of a transfer not being his number 1 choice. In this courteous, but firm showdown, a former president of the capital club takes a stand and goes in the direction of Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
Mbappé transferred, PSG will recover
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— Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) February 26, 2023
Responding to the Parisian, Alain Cayzac, who was the boss of Paris Saint-Germain between 2006 and 2008, three years before the sale to QSI, believes that the departure of Kylian Mbappé will mark the start of a new era, but does not will be nothing dramatic for the champions of France. ” I’m obviously not happy at the idea of seeing him leave this summer, but whatever the immensity of his talent, nothing can be built in uncertainty and without a minimum of visibility. PSG will recover. This equation would have had to be solved one day or another and for it to be today would be a blessing in disguise. The club has always recovered from the departure of its stars. Others will be recruited and this will build a squad with complementary players. Balance and collective will be the key words. We must start again with great decisive and spectacular talents, in love with our colors, like Raï, Pauleta and even Ronaldinho. We have to try to find the balance between stars, non-stars and the talents of our academy. Provided that the stars are at the service of the collective “, confides, in the Ile-de-France daily, the former president of Paris Saint-Germain.
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PSG has not yet found its new coach, the Kylian Mbappé file has taken a back seat in recent days. But, there is no doubt that whoever replaces Christophe Galtier will want to keep the one who scored 51 goals in all competitions (PSG and France team). Especially if the departure of Neymar, after that of Lionel Messi, is confirmed. Alain Cayzac, who thinks that his club has never been as strong as it is now, has understood that on the side of Qatar we want to make the club prosper at the same time on the sporting and marketing level.
The presence of Mbappé is still a huge asset in both categories, whatever the former Parisian president says. Without him, Qatar will have to reinvent its business model. Because despite all the respect we have for Donnarumma, Marquinhos and their teammates, to sell shirts and make the Parc des Princes a place to visit for tourists, it will take more to erase Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar. The future of the Pais Saint-Germain is at this price.
