2023-06-12 21:51:39
A source familiar with the negotiations said that French football champion Kylian Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain star, had informed his club on Monday in a message that he would not activate the additional year clause that would allow him to extend his contract with him until 2025.
This development came just over a year following the striker’s sudden extension of his contract with his Saint-Germain team, with which he has been playing since 2017.
The world champion in 2018 and runner-up last year, who Real Madrid expressed in particular his interest in contracting with, extended his contract with the French capital team until 2024, with the possibility of extending it for an additional year.
Mbappe announced his decision on Monday in a letter he sent to the club, according to AFP from a source close to the negotiations, confirming information from the daily newspaper L’Equipe.
The source indicated that Paris Saint-Germain does not intend to let its 24-year-old striker leave in a free deal at the end of his contract in 2024, which opens the door to a transfer this summer if negotiations between the two parties fail by July 31.
In the event of his departure, the capital club will be an orphan from the jewel of his offensive line, a few weeks following the end of the contract of his other Argentine star, Lionel Messi, whose contract with him expired and decided to join Inter Miami, and the future of the Brazilian star Neymar is unclear.
Mbappe had previously hinted at the possibility of his departure in 2024 during the Professional Players Association Awards ceremony on May 28, when he was chosen as the best player in the French League for the fourth year in a row.
And he said at the time, the top scorer in the 2022-2023 season: “I said that I will play next year in Paris Saint-Germain. I still have a one-year contract, so I will respect my contract.”
1686610385
#Mbappe #shocked #SaintGermain #bomb #decision
