Paris Saint-Germain have said "non-verbally" to Real Madrid's transfer proposal for Kylian Mbappé, sporting director Leonardo explained on Wednesday (August 25th), adding that the offer of around 160 million euros does not was "not enough" for the star striker the club would like to "keep".
"Our position has always been to keep Kylian, to renew his contract" which expires in June 2022, said the Brazilian leader of PSG to some media including AFP, deeming the behavior of the Spanish club "disrespectful, incorrect and illegal ".
However, if Kylian Mbappé "wants to leave, we will not hold him back, but he will leave or stay on our terms," Leonardo insisted.
"If a player wants to leave, he will leave, the club, the project, remain above everyone," he added, adding that PSG "did everything" to convince him to to stay.
"Verbally, we said no" to Real, assured "Leo", estimating that this offer from Real "around" 160 million euros was "a strategy, to have a 'no' on our part, like that, they will say they have tried everything ".
"We made an important (salary) offer"
It's been "two years that Real Madrid behave like that, it is disrespectful, incorrect, illegal, even if it is the entourage or the intermediaries, for us it is unacceptable", added the sporting director of PSG.
The Parisian club "never imagined" losing its 22-year-old jewel, "never wanted that, we did everything to renew it, we made a really important offer (salary, editor's note), even above the other top players, "Leonardo said.
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The sporting director also recalled that Kylian Mbappé had "always promised that he would never leave free", at the end of his contract in June 2022. From January, he is free to engage where he wants.
In the event of departure despite everything, PSG considers the offer "very far from the amount" for such a star.
"We can not sell a player unless what we paid when he was 18 years old (180 million euros, editor's note)", he said, recalling that the club should retrocede "part of the purchase from Monaco ", his previous club (around 35 million euros).
A renewed club around Kylian Mbappé
"We did everything" to convince Mbappé to stay, Judge Leonardo.
"Even this transfer window, we consider to have done it around him", with the recruitments of Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Georginio Wijnaldum and Achraf Hakimi.
But "the club is above everyone, we have already said it a thousand times," insisted the leader.
Leo also ensures that by speaking, he "does not open the door" to a departure of Kylian Mbappé, "we never opened it, otherwise we could do it for a long time".
Mbappé "is at the center of the project, but not above".
If the world champion were to leave, the deadline for the transfer, "is August 31 at midnight, the 'deadline' that exists," said Leo.
As for the chances that Mbappé extends to PSG, "I do not know how to answer," he said.
"Does Kylian want to leave? Sounds clear to me, right?" Concluded Leo.
With AFP
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