Nasser Al Khelaïfi, the president of PSG, confirms that he has “an agreement” with Kylian Mbappé

In an interview with RMC on Tuesday, the Qatari spoke about the future of the French international, whose contract expires next June.

“I’m not going to hide that I want Kylian [Mbappé] stay. The best player in the world is Kylian, and the best club for him is Paris.”. The president of Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, took advantage of an interview with RMC to reaffirm his desire to see the star stay in the capital. Statements which come eight days after the opening of the winter transfer window, which gave the player the possibility of negotiating with any club for next season.

At the club since the summer of 2017, Kylian Mbappé is at the end of his contract on June 30. If he does not extend by the summer, he will be able to commit elsewhere without PSG recovering any transfer compensation. The concern is appropriate but the player declared after the Champions Trophy that he had, since the summer, “a deal” with its president. “Never mind [sa] decision, we succeeded in protecting all parties and preserving the serenity of the club for the challenges to come”, detailed Mbappé in the mixed zone.

The Parc des Princes issue discussed

“We have a gentleman’s agreement and it’s not about money. I don’t want to reveal what’s in that agreement, but there is an agreement.”confirmed Al-Khelaïfi, Tuesday January 9, in the program “Rothen s’igname”. After years of soap opera and false starts in the direction of Real Madrid, the president of PSG wanted to temper the situation.

“He has the best training center in the world (the new PSG Campus), the best coach in the world (Luis Enrique). Every year, he plays in the Champions League for sure. At least we are in the eighth, quarter of final, even semi-finals or final. We are there with the big clubs”he insisted while asking the media to “leave Kylian [Mbappé] calm”.

Nasser Al-Khelaïfi took the opportunity to praise the work of his coach and his sports director Luis Campos, but also to reaffirm his position in the matter of the takeover of the Parc des Princes: “It’s the best stadium in the world, but the fans need bigger, closer to the pitch”. “Honestly with the City, I want respect, we didn’t get it, it hurts a lot because we did good things”, he continued, referring to the poor relations in recent months with the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, who refused to sell the stadium. While PSG has given up on applying for the purchase of the Stade de France, Paris City Hall has proposed a resumption of dialogue on the future of the Park, raising the possibility of a sale or a very long-term lease. .