Compared to Cristiano Ronaldo receiving £ 3.3 million / week at Al Nassr club, the £12.3 million / week salary that Mbappe can pocket if joining Manchester United will set an “unprecedented” record for a player in particular and sports athletes in general…
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At the age of 24, Mbappe is currently the top scorer in the history of the team that owns the Park of the Princes. In five seasons in Paris, Mbappe scored 212 goals in 260 games, accompanied by a series of domestic titles, including five Ligue 1 titles and it is clear that he has given enough for the Paris Saint-Germain club. (PSG). The French superstar has sent an official letter to PSG to announce that he will not trigger a one-year contract extension until 2025.
ANNOUNCED FAITH?
That means Mbappe will only execute the final year of his contract in the 2023/24 season and could leave for free in the summer transfer window next year. Paris Saint-Germain officials are said to be surprised by Mbappe’s move to pressure. PSG spent 180 million euros to recruit from AS Monaco a few years ago. Now the club must sell Mbappe this summer if it does not want to lose it next year. But PSG announced that it would sell the French player to any club, except Real Madrid.
The question now is how much extra does PSG make when selling Mbappe? Paris Saint-Germain certainly don’t want to let Mbappe go for free. If forced to sell the World Cup’s top scorer in 2022, PSG wants to turn the French striker into one of the most expensive deals.
Obviously the French championship is binding Mbappe and he needs to conquer new horizons even if they will be fiercer. The fact that Mbappe suddenly sent a letter confirming that he did not activate the extension of one season until June 2025 before the deadline of July 31 is not really surprising. Around this player’s contract signed with PSG in May 2022, many terms have been forecast.
The French superstar will not trigger a one-year contract extension until 2025.
Last summer, the Parc des Princes team did almost everything to keep the striker, including giving him management rights at the club. These promises convinced Mbappe to turn down an offer from Real. However, after a few months, the French player thought that the management did not keep their promises, causing him to change his mind and once again wanted to leave. “This definitive decision is disappointing the PSG leadership and club owners in Qatar. And they no longer hope to keep this 24-year-old star,” L’Équipe newspaper said.
According to Marca, PSG President Nasser Al-Khelaifi secretly had many phone conversations with Mbappe’s mother, Fayza Lamari, who is also the representative, to resolve the current situation, but still deadlock. At the same time, the development of Mbappe’s departure from Paris Saint-Germain club became more and more complicated, when French President Emmanuel Macron himself announced that he would try to advise him to stay.
This is not the first time President Macron has intervened about Mbappe’s stay or go. Last summer, the French sports newspaper L’Equipe once revealed that it was Mr. Macron who “acted” when the PSG superstar was about to leave. As a result, under the influence of the French president, as well as a lucrative contract, Mbappe decided to extend his contract with PSG. Now, in this second time, will President Macron change the decisions of Mbappe and PSG?
WHAT IS THE COMMERCIAL VALUE OF MBAPPE?
One factor that can explain the decision to send a letter of refusal to activate the contract extension clause is that Mbappe still wants to help the club earn some money from selling himself to another club. Last year, the player said he would feel as if he had betrayed the club if he left on a free transfer. Mbappe’s biggest dream is to join Real Madrid. Mbappe’s contract with PSG is said to have a clause allowing the French striker to freely negotiate with any club in the summer of 2024.
PSG announced that it would sell the French player to any club, except Real Madrid.
Mbappe is said to have personally apologized to President Florentino Perez and Real Madrid for his decision to extend his contract with PSG last year. At that time, Mbappe was under too much pressure, including factors outside of football, so he had to accept to sign a new contract with PSG. When it comes to Mbappe, President Perez does not blame this player. Instead, he only expressed regret: “Mbappe is a boy who had to give up his dream”. Two years ago, Real asked to buy Mbappe for 200 million euros but was still refused by PSG.
The New York Times recently reported that PSG expects to earn 186 million euros (£160 million) if they sell Kylian Mbappe this summer. Currently, the most expensive deal in the world
