first press conference for Mbappé since the announcement of his extension

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Kylian Mbappé has chosen to stay in Paris and at PSG. At the heart of the press conference on Monday May 23, the financial stakes of this choice and the new place of the French striker in the club.

Paris Saint-Germain’s season is over, but there is still a match atmosphere around the Parc des Princes. By the hundreds, these supporters came to roll out the red carpet to the darling of the country, which pays them back on and off the pitch. “Happiness, pure happiness”, rejoices one of them. A few minutes earlier, the Parisian phenomenon gave its first press conference since the announcement of its extension in the capital.

His decision to stay at PSG, he says he took it last week with a dream in mind, to bring the Champions League back to Paris. “As a Frenchman, I still want to continue to lead France to the heights and try to pull this championship and this club“, said the striker of the Blues. The epilogue of a new soap opera which once again opposed France to Spain. Yet a fervent supporter of Olympique de Marseille, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, advised Kylian Mbappé on his career choice.He is now under contract with Paris until 2025. No official figures have been communicated as to the amount of this extension.


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