Kylian Mbappé shocks PSG with decision not to extend contract

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Kylian Mbappé is signed in Paris until 2024. However, he has a clause in his contract for a one-year extension, which he can use if he is interested. But he doesn’t want to. He thus received a clear message from PSG. “Either you sign or you leave”. This summer could already be the time when Mbappé changes the club. The club will not let a player for whom he can get over 200 million euros for free.

Kylian Mbappé came to Paris after a title-winning season with Monaco in the summer of 2017. He cost 180 million euros at the time. There was talk of an exorbitant amount, but Mbappé paid it back. Just what he brought to the club from a marketing point of view paid off the transfer fee. He also became the top scorer in the club’s history and PSG has never had a bigger personality in the team. Regarding his public status, performances and the contract he signed last summer. The moment he signed her, he became the highest paid player in the world. But he only signed it for 2 years, with the fact that he can extend it by another year.

After this season, when PSG won the title and Mbappé became Ligue 1 top scorer for the fifth time in a row, a decision had to be made. By August 1, Mbappé had to decide whether to exercise the contract extension option. So quite a lot of time. As Fabrizio Romano said, Mbappé didn’t have to say anything at all. If he had been silent until then, the clause would simply not have been activated. But we’re not even halfway through June and he decided to talk to the club. He decided not to extend and that he will become a free agent next summer. It is a shock for PSG, which was preparing an improved contract.

And the club’s position is clear. He doesn’t want to hear anything about Mbappé leaving for free in the summer, so only his sale comes into consideration. And maybe that’s what Mbappé is watching. He wants to leave, it must be clear to him that PSG would rather sell him than let him go for free. Logically, we think of Real Madrid, who need a striker. But last summer, Mbappé also spoke to an English club that offered him a contract. So it is quite possible that there will be interest from the Premier League as well. His value is 180 million euros and PSG won’t let him go for less even with a year left on his contract.

David Suchy / theguardian.com