Kylian Mbappé, the Paris Saint-Germain starlet, is reportedly ready to sit out the entire 2023-24 season after PSG left him off their squad for a pre-season tour of Japan and South Korea.
The French striker is currently under contract with the French giants until the summer of 2024, but he has refused to sign an extension in Paris amid speculations of a move to Real Madrid.
According to Sky Sports’ Kaveh Solhekol, PSG believes Mbappé has already committed to join Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer when his contract expires, which the club regards as a “huge betrayal” given Mbappé’s earlier statement that he would not move for free.
This has led PSG’s owners to insist that he must be sold if he cannot agree to stay longer with the reigning Ligue 1 champions.
Earlier this week, a report from The Athletic suggested that PSG would listen to offers considerably lower than the £155m they paid to sign Mbappe from Monaco in 2017.
PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi has insisted it would be ‘impossible’ for Mbappe to leave for free.
He said: ‘We want him to stay but he can’t leave for free. There was a verbal agreement and he had discussed it in an interview. And I was really shocked to learn that he had decided to leave for free.
‘It’s very disappointing because Mbappe is a fantastic boy, a real gentleman and to leave for free, weakening the biggest club in France, it’s not him. When I heard the news, I was shocked and disappointed.
‘It’s for him to decide for himself next week, or at most in the next two weeks. And if he does not want to sign a new contract, the door is open.
‘It’s like that for him and everyone else. Nobody is bigger than the club, no player, not even me. It’s very clear.’
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