The pill hasn’t passed yet. Real Madrid President Florentino Perez gave his analysis of Kylian Mbappé’s non-arrival with the Merengues during an interview on the program El Chiringuito on the Mega channel on Wednesday June 15. For the first time, he spoke on the subject, accusing in particular the PSG striker of having given in to “political and economic pressuresto renew his contract with the French club.
He thought he had the transfer of the year. But Florentino Perez had to resolve to see Kylian Mbappé stay in Paris. For the president of Real, this choice was dictated by elements quite far from football: “He always said his dream was to play at Real Madrid and about a fortnight before (announcing his decision) the situation changed due to political and economic pressure” which he suffered.
“ESTE MBAPPE NO ES MI MBAPPE”
“ESTE NO es el que YO QUERÍA TRAER”
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For him, the political aspect counted enormously for the number 7 of PSG to put his signature at the bottom of a new contract: “That, plus money and athletic leadership, changed his mind. When we find ourselves in a panic situation like this, we try to get out of it by all means. I understand it because it is not easy to receive a call from the President of the Republic“, continued Florentino Perez. The French international had indeed confessed to having exchanged with Emmanuel Macron, whom he appreciates”good advice“.
“Here it is difficult to understand that the King of Spain calls a club… It is a very difficult thing to understand (…). I also believe that this is not a very good sign for the rest of the clubs in France.“, added the president of Real Madrid. “It has two states, Qatar and France, which are linked, and Qatar is asking the French president for something… And I understand it that way because otherwise it’s impossible“, he continued.
However, President Merengue did not definitively close the door to Mbappé. “Not now, because this Mbappé is not my Mbappé“, he replied when asked if he still dreamed of seeing the French star in the jersey of Real Madrid, while recalling that”no player in the entire history of Real Madrid has been above the rest“.