PSG director for Kylian Mbappé: Sign a new contract if you want to stay

Paris Saint-Germain front Kylian Mbappe must sign a new contract if he wants to stay at the club, as the French champions will not let him leave for free next year, club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said on Wednesday.

Mbappé sent a letter to PSG last month saying that he was no intention to extend the contractexpires in 2024.

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But he later clarified that he had not asked the French club to allow him to move to the Spanish giants Real Madridwho in the past tried and failed to win the World Cup winning striker.

PSG faced the dilemma of allowing Mbappé to end the final year of his contract and not being able to recoup any of the 180 million euros ($195.7 million) they had spent on them. 2017 to sign him. 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. But he needs to sign a new contract,” Al-Khelaifi told reporters. member after the game. revealed Luis Enrique as the new manager of the club.

“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 on a free. If he changes his mind today, it’s not my fault. We don’t want to lose the best player in the world on a transfer, that’s clear. clear.”

Mbappé has finished as Ligue 1’s top scorer for the past five seasons, and PSG will be keen to keep him, having lost. Lionel Messi on a free transfer.

Messi, a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner, chose not to renew his contract to move to Inter Miami.

Mbappé also said French President Emmanuel Macron had no influence on his career choice after the leader said he would push for the striker to stay in the country’s capital.