The market is launched. PSG have started to receive expressions of interest for Kylian Mbappé, including one from Real Madrid, with Saudi club Al-Hilal having even been authorized to negotiate with the star on the basis of a transfer for 300 million euros.
The proposals of the greats of Europe have been arriving on the office of Parisian President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi since Friday evening following the announcement of the sidelining of the 2018 world champion, deprived of an internship in Asia, according to a source close to the negotiations.
There is even a firm offer from the great Saudi club Al-Hilal, formulated in a letter where the quadruple Asian champion asks PSG for permission to discuss with his player, which the capital club has accepted, according to the same source.
But there is little chance that the double World Cup finalist (2018, 2022) will join the Saudi League at 24. Mbappé has never expressed any interest in this championship and dreams of winning the European Champions League.
Al-Khelaïfi does not want him to leave “for free”
Since Friday evening and the worsening of the crisis between PSG and its star, other requests have poured in and they have a better chance of seducing the captain of the France team.
Mbappé has long been talking about his desire to join Real Madrid one day, and the Spanish club is precisely one of the clubs that have made contact with PSG, according to the same source.
This is a policy change. Until then, the “White House” was in a waiting position, a spectator of the standoff between Mbappé and PSG. The Madrid giant intended instead to recover the free player in June 2024, with a colossal signing bonus for him.
Because the player still intends to honor his last year of contract before leaving Paris, which prompted the capital club to react: either he extends, or he must be transferred this summer, Nasser al-Khelaïfi having hammered several times that he did not want to see him “leave for free”.
In the meantime, “Kyky” is training with the young “Titis” at the Poissy training center. He signed autographs on Sunday at the exit, as if nothing had happened.
“Market open to more clubs”
Besides Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham, Inter Milan and FC Barcelona have joined the Saudi suitor, according to the source familiar with the negotiations.
“Several clubs are showing creativity and offering formulas including a top-level player in the balance plus a transfer,” she said. This opens the market to more clubs. »
Al-Hilal’s offer is purely financial, it has not been specified which clubs plan to include a player or players in the deal.
The fact remains that the announcement of the sidelining of Mbappé paved the way for a sale of the top scorer in the history of PSG (212 goals in 260 games).
The player’s camp had not yet reacted in the middle of the afternoon to this new situation. He has always repeated so far that he intended to evolve at PSG during the 2023-2024 season.
Even absent, Mbappé occupied most of the conversations in Japan, where Luis Enrique’s troops trained in front of around 3,000 supporters in Osaka late Monday afternoon.
The new club coach could not be questioned about this situation, he who is deprived of the best element of his team to prepare for his season.
The club informed the French journalists present that Luis Enrique would not give press conferences after the friendly matches in Asia, the first being scheduled in Osaka on Tuesday against Al-Nassr, the team of Cristiano Ronaldo, who has already yielded to the sirens of Saudi Arabia.