Saint-Germain announces the start of renewal negotiations for Neymar and Mbappe

The sports director of Paris Saint-Germain, the Brazilian French soccer champions, Leonardo, announced today that the capital's team began negotiations to extend the contracts of its Brazilian stars Neymar da Silva and Kylian Mbappe.

In a statement to the club's channel, in response to a question by the Parisian fans directly on Twitter, Leonardo touched on negotiations with Argentine Angel Di Maria and Juan Bernat, who are associated with the club until 2021, and Neymar and Mbappe, whose contract expires in 2022.

And Leonardo said: All the extensions that we intend to make, we started talking about them.

I think we will intensify negotiations about it in the coming weeks, ”without hiding that the“ financial losses ”associated with the“ Covid-19 epidemic ”will be taken into account.“ We cannot evade this situation. ”Leonardo stressed, saying regarding his compatriot Neymar,“ We ​​started talking, ”adding,“ But Today people cannot even move, it is a matter of timing. ”The sports director also talked about the tensions that appeared publicly with the German coach Thomas Tuchel about the recent transfer period in Paris. He said,“ These things are happening, we have spoken, and now the situation is clear to everyone, ”expressing He regretted publishing their differences through the media.

"Now is not the time for an evaluation, the plane has taken off, and we will see how things will go. And Leonardo stressed that he is responsible for the club’s delay in concluding contracts in the summer transfer market, a strategy that was adopted with careful thought, given the health context," he said. Yes, to cry, but this year we did not even know how to behave in the transfer market. "

"We lost between 15 and 20% (of income) last year, and that will be more this year," he added, "but Paris Saint-Germain has the ability and means to overcome the crisis well."

Paris Saint-Germain leads the domestic league, but suffers in the Champions League competition, which lost its final match last season to Bayern Munich, where it was defeated twice by its home side Manchester United and its German host Leipzig by one score 1-2 in the group stage, which increased pressure on Toukle.

"The truth and the facts are that we internally, we have never thought about a change, we have not contacted anyone," Leonardo said, stressing that "this is the right moment to focus on goals, not losing energy. We have 40 days that are very important for us until the winter break." .

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