Good on the pitch and talkative outside.
Kylian Mbappé spoke widely about his future this Friday evening after the great success over Montpellier (4-0).
Smiling and very relaxed, the Parisian striker recalled the stakes of the negotiations initiated with the club of the capital to stretch his lease which ends in June 2022. Without closing the door, but without opening it too much, the champion of the world 2018 has deciphered the difficult choice offered to him by insisting on his willingness to invest over time in the event of an extension.
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“We are discussing with the club to find a project.
I am thinking… If I sign, it is to invest myself in the long term in PSG, insisted the top scorer in Ligue 1 (14 goals).
I am very happy here.
The supporters and the club have always helped me.
For that alone, I will always be grateful.
But I want to think about what I want to do in the next few years, where I want to be, that's the meaning of my thinking.
But soon a choice will have to be made.
"
It will have to be determined before the summer
Relaunched to know when he will give his answer, Mbappé was more evasive on his schedule.
“If I had the answer today, I would have given it to you already.
I'm not trying to buy time, he insisted.
I just don't want to sign a contract and say a year later:
I want to leave.
If I sign, it's to stay.
That's why it brings about a reflection.
"
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This could therefore last a few more weeks, or even a few months.
Anyway, the PSG striker knows he will have to make up his mind before the summer.
If he were to decline the capital club's extension offer, the latter will have to consider transferring him during the next summer transfer window.
The candidates able to welcome it are not legion.
From Liverpool, to Real Madrid, via Manchester City, their names are known.
But the exit of Mbappé at the time of his return to form rather reassured his new coach Mauricio Pochettino.
"Kylian Mbappé's statement on a possible extension seems positive to me," said the Argentine, echoing the recent positions taken by President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and sporting director Leonardo on this high priority file for PSG.