Kylian Mbappé's future came back into the picture again at the start of this year. After a quiet start to the season, as the player remained silent to avoid any speculation, the beginning of 2024 was marked by the public appearance of the champions, contradictory news and a whirlwind of rumours. Which remembers, in the utmost splendor, what happened in 2022.
The first to speak was the player who, after winning the Super Cup against Toulouse, on January 3, He went out to speak in a mixed area to announce that he “has not made a decision yet,” and that he “signed an agreement with Paris Saint-Germain” protecting the club, without giving more details about it, and that “it would not make sense to extend the decision as is the case in 2022.” Something that indicates that is his future as revealed by L'Equipewas scheduled to be resolved before the match against Real Sociedad scheduled for February 14.
A few days later, the surprise came. The Times newspaper highlighted information in which it claimed that Kylian Mbappé ignored an offer from Real Madrid, under the pretext that the white team would not set the times for his future. After that, Foot Mercato exclusively reported that there was an agreement between Real Madrid and the French team captain, assuming his arrival next June.
The news was mixed, as RMC Sport confirmed that Mbappe's entourage denied any kind of agreement with Real Madrid, as well as with Paris Saint-Germain, claiming that “there is no kind of negotiation about his future.” The last to enter the scene was Nasser Al-Khelaifi, who gave several interviews on Tuesday in France in which he expressed his confidence in the future of the top scorer in the club’s history..
“I want Kylian to stay, that's clear. He's the best player in the world, and the best thing for him is Paris Saint-Germain. He's the center of the project. Kylian is a great man, a great player, but also a great person. As he said after the Champions Cup, he has an agreement with me. It's between us, and I don't want to reveal what's in this agreement, but there is an agreement. I don't want to talk about money or say how much the deal is worth. We have a “gentlemen's agreement”, our agreement has nothing to do with money. It's between the player, the club president and the manager. The athlete and the coach. It's more than just a signed agreementQatari said.
The content of the agreement signed by Al-Khelaifi and Mbappe was not secretly revealed. The theories are multiple. What makes the most sense is the footballer's refusal to collect his loyalty bonus, which is estimated at 80 million. Others speculated that it was a gentleman's agreement, as confirmed by the president of Paris Saint-Germain, There is a promise to sell with a one-year renewal. What is clear is that the two parties were vague and did not reveal what they signed or what they agreed to in the summer of 2023, before being returned to the first team dynamic after being excluded due to the refusal to renew.
Meanwhile, PSG wanted to maintain their composure and did not want to worry about Mbappe's future. In Paris, there is complete optimism, as was already the case in 2022, to sign a renewal agreement that will protect the best player in the world for many years. However, neither Al-Khelaifi nor any coach wants to put pressure on the player, realizing that every detail, no matter how small, plays a decisive role in the series that has not ended for five years.
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