The tempting offer that PSG made to Kylian Mbappé and that ended with a resounding no

08/26/2021 8:27 AM

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Updated 08/26/2021 8:27 AM

Paris Saint-Germain proposed two months ago to Kylian Mbappé to

raise his salary to 25 million euros per year

net, according to L'Équipe, to sign an extension of his contract for four seasons, until 2026, but

the French footballer did not. I agree.

In information published this Thursday on its website, the sports newspaper gives details of the offer referred to on Wednesday by the club's sports director, Leonardo, when he said that they had made a proposal to Mbappé

"at the level of the others. top players and it had even been improved recently. "

Those 25 million euros per year net would have meant for the French club to spend practically three times that amount if taxes and contributions are included, since

being a French player who cannot benefit from the impatriation bonus

, a fiscal device that allows deduct 30% in France from the income that comes from abroad.

Mauricio Pochettin and Leonardo.

Photo: EFE / Enric Fontcuberta

But even so Mbappé said no

, according to L'Équipe because he considered too committing himself for four more years.

The club from the French capital tried again a few days ago and suggested that he sign for two more seasons, until 2024, but he did not accept it either.

For the young forward, for whom Real Madrid made an offer to buy him from PSG for 160 million euros, it seemed good to play this season in Paris with Neymar and Messi. understand Leonardo that he did not want to renew his contract, which ends in June 2022.

Currently,

Mbappé earns about 19 million euros net per year

, according to the calculations of the sports newspaper, while Neymar is clearly above with about 30 million, thanks to the fact that he benefits from the aforementioned impatriation bonus.

Leonardo, whose estrangement from Mbappé is known, had given rise to a possible negotiation with Real Madrid by pointing out that

"if a player wants to leave, we are not going to retain him. But he will leave with our conditions

.

"

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé greet each other for the first time in the PSG dressing room.

Photo: Twitter

And he stressed that the 160 million that the merengue club puts on the table are "very far from what we consider to be a sufficient value" considering that when they bought Mbappé from Monaco with only 18 years they already paid 180 million euros and if so They transfer now they would have to pay him in addition about 35 million more.

From there,

Le Parisien

affirmed that PSG wanted 220 million to let Mbappé leave, that is, a figure that is very close to the 222 million it cost him to bring Neymar in August 2017 from Barcelona.

Source: EFE

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