Paris SG "began to talk" of contract extension with its attacking stars Neymar, Kylian Mbappé and Angel Di Maria, sporting director Leonardo said on the club channel on Tuesday.
Asked by Parisian supporters live on Twitter, the Brazilian leader referred to the discussions around Di Maria and Juan Bernat, at the end of the contract in 2021, and around Neymar and Mbappé, whose lease runs until 2022.
“All the extensions we're considering, we've started talking.
I think we will intensify in the coming weeks ", said Leonardo, without hiding that the" financial losses "linked to the Covid-19 pandemic had to be taken into account:" We cannot dribble this situation ".
"We're starting to talk," he insisted about Neymar.
But "today people cannot even move", it is a "question of timing".
Tuchel would not be in the crosshairs
The sporting director also spoke about the tensions that appeared publicly with coach Thomas Tuchel about the last Paris transfer window.
“The truth, the facts, is that internally we never thought of changing Tuchel […] We never called anyone”, assured Leonardo.
“It's time for everyone to focus on the goals, not to waste energy,” he insisted.
“We have 40 very important days for us until the break.
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