At the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille and for the final of the 107th edition of the Coupe de France, refereed by François Letexier, Kylian Mbappé will play, this Saturday evening, his 308th and last match in the jersey of Paris Saint-Germain. Facing Olympique Lyonnais, the Parisian striker – who should appear in the starting eleven according to recent comments from his coach – will then necessarily be keen to shine to end his adventure with the Rouge et Bleu in the best possible way. possible ways. After that, the French international (77 caps, 46 goals) will have to finalize a financial deal with his management before joining Real Madrid, as we revealed to you exclusively. The start of a new era for PSG and the end of a long story for the former Monegasque where his relationship with Nasser al-Khelaïfi has often been talked about.
In today’s edition, The Team looks back, in this respect, on the seven years of life together between the Parisian president and the player, now aged 25. The opportunity for the French daily to make some revelations on the negotiations between the two men. Thus, despite the frosty relationship highlighted in recent weeks, like this meeting organized just before the warm-up against Toulouse (1-3) where Nasser al-Khelaïfi tried to move forward, in vain, on the subject financial, the boss of the capital club had given body and soul to convince the 2018 world champion to extend his contract in the City of Lights.
Bellingham, the Super League… Nasser al-Khelaïfi tried everything!
After the letter dated July 2022 and sent to his management where Mbappé explained that he will not lift his optional year, justifying his decision in particular by the transfer window of the 2022 offseason, NAK and KM7 thus remained in contact. In recent months and among the arguments put forward by the Parisian leader, some are surprising. “You can’t harm PSG”notably entrusted the person concerned to the French star before playing on the sporting rivalry between the French champion and the finalist of the Champions League. “You cannot go free and strengthen our biggest rival”.
And that’s not all. Determined to make this marriage last, Nasser al-Khelaïfi also activated the financial card: “all the big players, Bellingham, Kane, leave leaving money to their club”, he would have declared to the top scorer in the history of PSG, who is preparing to leave the club freely. Finally, and even more surprising, the Qatari businessman did not hesitate to use the European Super League as an argument. “You will legitimize the Super League”, finally regretted the representative of the European Club Association, disagreeing with the project carried by Florentino Pérez. In vain. Despite the efforts made by the Parisian upper echelons, Kylian Mbappé has finally decided to turn the page and is now dreaming of happy days in Madrid…
