Kylian Mbappe, a forward for Paris St. Germain, needs to sign a new contract if he wants to stay with the team because the French champions won’t allow him leave for free the following season.
On Wednesday, club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi made the comments.
Mbappe informed PSG in a letter last month that he had no plans to extend his deal, which expires in 2024.
He later clarified, though, that he had not requested permission from the French club to transfer to Real Madrid, the Spanish powerhouses who have previously attempted and failed to sign the World Cup-winning attacker.
PSG face the dilemma of allowing Mbappe to run down the final year of his contract and being unable to recoup any of the 180 million euros ($195.71 million) they spent in 2017 to sign him from AS Monaco.
“My position is very clear. I don’t want to repeat it every time: if Kylian wants to stay, we want him to stay.
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“But he needs to sign a new contract,” Al-Khelaifi told reporters after unveiling Luis Enrique as the club’s new manager.
“We don’t want to lose the best player in the world for free, we can’t do that. This is a French club.
“He said he would never leave for free. If he changes his mind today, it’s not my fault. We don’t want to lose the best player in the world for free, that’s very clear.”
Mbappe has finished as Ligue 1’s top scorer in the last five seasons and PSG will be eager to keep him having already lost Lionel Messi on a free transfer.
Messi, a seven-times Ballon d’Or winner, opted not to renew his contract for a move to Inter Miami.
Mbappe also said French President Emmanuel Macron had no influence on his career choices after the leader said he would push for the forward to stay in the country’s capital
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