Mbappé’s Future: Countdown to Decision Day

The countdown has already been activated and very soon, imminently, there will be news about Mbappé’s future. As AS has learned from reliable sources close to PSG, the star has committed to the Parisian club to communicate his final decision in the coming days, that is, he will say it in no more than one or two weeks. . The capital club also considers it a good sign that Mbappé is taking time to consider the two options he has on the table: continuing at PSG or wearing white. They understand that he still has many doubts about whether the best thing for his career is to leave PSG.

Unlike what has been published, PSG has not conveyed any renewal offer to the player. He has simply asked you to first say if you want to continue being part of the project or not. It will be then, if the response favors the Qatari property, when negotiations for its renewal will begin. Not in vain does he have one more year of signed contract, which Mbappé can activate unilaterally, and for which he would earn 70 million euros gross, as he has been doing since, against the odds and leaving Madrid jilted (summer 2022), he renewed to continue in Paris. For its part, Real Madrid has already conveyed its offer to the player. As this newspaper has been telling, the Frenchman could not earn more than 30 million euros gross per campaign.

The two entities, Real Madrid and PSG, are living these days with a lot of tension, aware that the outcome of the operation is almost a fact. For the white entity, the signing of Mbappé is no longer as high a priority as it was two seasons ago, because he now has Bellingham and the best Vinicius, both world-class players like the Frenchman. On the contrary, PSG would see it as a disaster if Mbappé were not still there. In recent times they have done everything possible to make him happy in Paris. He no longer has to compete with Messi and, above all, with Neymar, with whom he competed for so many years to be able to play freely from the left wing. It is the absolute center of the project and there are even sports management decisions that go through it.

Mbappé goes for a ball in the Ligue 1 match between PSG and Brest played last Sunday. CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSONEFE

Mbappé’s presence there is also essential so that the French league does not lose value, precisely, after the departures of Messi and Neymar. Even more so now that the sale of audiovisual rights for the next five years (2024-2029) is being negotiated. To make matters worse, PSG is in full talks with the Paris City Council to retain ownership of the Parc des Princes and carry out a profound remodeling in the Real Madrid-Bernabéu style, in which more than 2,000 million euros would be invested. All these plans are in check without Mbappé…

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The last meeting between Al Khelaïfi and Mbappé took place at the beginning of January. After the meeting the president of the entity spoke: “I want Kylian to stay, that is clear. He is the best player in the world, and the best for him is PSG. He is the center of the project. Sportingly we have given everything. He has an agreement with me,” he said on RMC Sport. Later, when he was asked about the terms of the agreement, the leader was ambiguous: “That is between us, I do not want to reveal what is in this agreement, but there is an agreement. I don’t want to talk about money or say how much the deal is worth. We have a gentlemen’s agreement, our agreement has nothing to do with money. It is between a player and the club president, the sports director and the coach. It is more than a signed agreement. I have confidence in him, he will never hurt the club. I ask everyone to leave Kylian alone. I trust him 200%. He is a good boy. He gave me his word and he is a man of his word. I believe in him.”

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On the other side, on Real Madrid’s side, they still want Mbappé to end up signing, but not at any price. “There are trains that only pass once in a lifetime,” has been leaked from the white entity to define the situation, and it has been done with a double intention. On the one hand, not to appear as the victim of what happened in case Mbappé decides to continue at PSG. On the other hand, try to ensure that Mbappé does not go to the clouds with his economic pretensions if he really wants to enjoy the experience of being a soldier in the most successful entity in history. What is clear is that neither PSG nor Real Madrid want the soap opera to extend any longer. It is logical to think that if PSG wins the fight, they will be in charge of publicizing it with great fanfare. And also that if the winner is Real Madrid, they will try to cover up so that Mbappé does not suffer pressure from the Parisian ultras and prevent the atmosphere from becoming unbreathable. However, what is certain is that Mbappé will communicate his decision in the coming days.

2024-01-30 04:28:18
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