Football: PSG opens the door to a departure of Kylian Mbappé from Real Madrid
Kylian Mbappé could very soon leave PSG.
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The first offer of 160 million euros from Real Madrid to recruit Kylian Mbappé, reported on Wednesday by the press was rejected by PSG, said the club's sporting director, Leonardo.
But the Brazilian believes that if a player wants to leave, the Parisian club "
will not retain him
".
Understand: if the supply increases, the French striker could leave.
Enough to feed the last days of the transfer market which ends on August 31st.
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There was
the improbable arrival of Lionel Messi at PSG
, there may be the incredible departure of Kylian Mbappé at Real Madrid.
A crossover that nobody would have imagined, especially not the Parisian supporters, but which risks being the end of this extraordinary transfer window for Paris Saint-Germain.
The data is clear now, the arrival of Messi was not a sufficient argument for Kylian Mbappé to decide to extend his stay in the capital.
Rumors and other speculation ended on Tuesday night (August 24) when Real Madrid put on the table an offer of 160 million euros to buy the ex-Monaco's final year of contract.
Welcome to Paris, Léo.
🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/ZDO11HSVOw
- Kylian Mbappé (@KMbappe) August 12, 2021
This Wednesday, PSG was quick to react through Leornado in a "neither yes nor no" which gives hope as much to supporters of Real as those of PSG.
“
No!
»He insists, Mbappé will not go to Real for 160 million euros.
"
Yes
", because if the player wants to leave, "
we are not going to hold him back
", he blurted out.
"Even this transfer window, we consider to have done it around him
"
“
Our position has always been to keep Kylian, to renew his contract.
(…) If a player wants to leave, he will leave.
The club, the project, remain above everyone.
(…) But he will leave or stay on our terms,
”admitted the sports director of PSG.
To avoid getting there, the PSG launched a year ago major maneuvers to extend the contracts of Neymar and Mbappé, which expire in June 2022. If the Brazilian gave his agreement in May to stay until 2025, the French response is still pending.
"
What I want is to win, to feel in a place where I can really win, where there is a solid project around me,
" said the player on Canal +, before the Euro.
The striker has been heard, with the golden recruitment this summer and the arrivals of Achraf Hakimi, Georginio Wijnaldum, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Sergio Ramos and, above all, Lionel Messi.
Mbappé "
has no excuse to do something other
" than to stay, launched President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi after the recruitment of the Argentine genius.
"
We did everything
" to convince Mbappé to stay, Judge Leonardo.
"
Even this transfer window, we consider to have done it around him
".
#LaPortada ¡Ya hay oferta del Madrid!
160 millones 🗞 pic.twitter.com/uhEA478WW4
- MARCA (@marca) August 24, 2021
Do Real have the means for their ambition?
Yes, Real can afford such a transfer because the "White House" held out during the pandemic, with accounts in the green, and EUR 75 million on the sales of Raphaël Varane to Manchester United and Martin Odegaard to Arsenal.
Judging Real's proposal "
very far from the amount
" for such a star, the Leonardo however admits the possibility of a departure, although he denies opening "the door."
"
We can not sell a player unless what we paid (180 million) when he was 18
," he said, recalling that the club must retrocede "
part of the purchase to Monaco
”, Around 35 million euros.
And in all this: does Kylian Mbappé want to leave?
"
Sounds clear to me, doesn't it?"
», Leonardo concluded ...
(
With
AFP)
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