Paris (EFE) He even talks about a certain “tiredness” with the player.
After L’Equipe advanced last night that Mbappé had sent a letter to PSG to announce that he will not exercise the option for one more year, for which the club was considering transferring him now so that he does not leave for free within twelve months, the sports pages are ablaze today with the immediate future of the captain and star of the French team.
The messages that arrive from the club to the different media coincide: the letter has surprised the management, but it warns that if the player wants to leave, it will not be free.
Le Parisien, the medium considered to have the best sources within the club in the French capital, points out today that PSG “regrets not only the form but also the moment” of sending the letter by Mbappé.
Astonishment at PSG
He adds that in the club “amazement prevails”, even more so due to the fact that sending the letter was not necessary from a legal point of view “to record the decision” not to continue beyond 2024.
And he points out that at PSG “some see a means of media pressure” on the part of the player, which occurs “only one year after the signing of one of the most lucrative contracts in the history of the sport” between Mbappé and the team the capital.
He adds that the management expects “positive steps” to move towards a renewal but stresses that, if they do not take place, PSG “does not want, above all, that he leave for free at the end of his contract.”
La Parisien considers that, “just like last year, the Qatari ownership of the club “was willing to make all the sacrifices” to retain its undisputed star, on which they want to base their sports project in the next decade, in PSG there is ” tiredness” and they regret that the negotiations are not taking place “calmly and without fanfare”, he adds.
The public broadcaster France Info pointed out for its part that the president of PSG, Nasser Al Khelaifi, is “totally surprised” by Mbappé’s letter, since he planned to agree to a renewal of his contract.
However, he adds that in the club’s offices “they are calm” and they send the message that “if Kylian Mbappé wants to leave, he will not be free and he will have to pay dearly for it.”
RMC Sport recalls that the player has been leaving messages of doubt about PSG’s sports project since October, very shortly after the start of the season.
Just after these doubts, the figures of his new contract were leaked in the Parisian press, which pointed to a salary of 72 million gross per year, in addition to a huge renewal bonus of 180 million gross to be paid in three installments of 60 each. one.
In April, the player also clashed with PSG after the club used his image, without asking his permission, for next season’s season ticket campaign.
And at the end of May, at the awards gala of the National Union of Professional Soccer Players, in which he received the trophy for the best player in Ligue 1, he did not make a clear statement about his future, as he limited himself to saying: “I still love There’s one year left on my contract, I’ll be here next season”.
Meanwhile, the player is concentrating with the French team for the next two qualifying matches for Euro 2024, next Friday in Gibraltar and the following Monday against Greece in Paris.