“I still have a year left on my contract and I am going to honour my contract,” he had said.
Paris Saint-Germain are convinced that Kylian Mbappé has already agreed terms to join Real Madrid in 2024 on free deal.
They wanted an answer on ‘new deal or leave now’ by July 15 — nothing at all.
Mbappé, out of pre season tour and considered FOR SALE.
PSG want to sell KM. ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/Wy8ZhnbSV0
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 21, 2023
It would essentially mean that he would leave in a free transfer next summer.
However, reports say PSG will now listen to offers for the 24-year-old after the president Nasser Al-Khelaifi insisted Mbappe must sign a contract extension or leave the club he joined from Monaco in 2018.
“My position is very clear. I don’t want to repeat it all the time. If Kylian wants to stay, we want him to stay. But he needs to sign a new contract,” Al-Khelaifi said earlier this month. “We don’t want to lose the best player in the world on a free. That’s impossible.”
PSG top brass are understood to be infuriated as they believe Mbappe has already agreed a free transfer with Real Madrid.
Even after the shock renewal of his PSG contract last year – a deal that was said to include a salary of £20m after tax and a signing bonus in excess of £100m – the striker spoke openly about the idea of joining Real Madrid and reportedly called the club’s president Florentino Perez personally last year to explain his decision to stay.
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“I have lots of respect for (Perez) and for Real Madrid,” Mbappe said in May 2022. “They wanted to do a lot to make me happy. So I thank them for that.”
If Mbappe runs down his contract, PSG would be unable to recoup any of the €180 million ($197m) they spent to sign him from AS Monaco in 2017.
Mbappe has been taking part in the club’s pre-season preparations and played the last 30 minutes as PSG entertained Le Havre in a training-ground friendly on Friday, scoring a goal.
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The club are under new management with Luis Enrique as coach.
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Their Asian tour opens against Cristiano Ronaldo’s club Al Nassr of Saudi Arabia in Osaka, on July 25. PSG then play Cerezo Osaka, also in Osaka and Inter Milan in Tokyo before finishing off the tour in Busan, South Korea, against Jeonbuk Motors on August 3.
