Neymar and Kylian Mbappé soap opera, continued.
In this case, it is President Al-Khelaïfi who is putting a coin in the machine by displaying great optimism.
In a sentence reported by our colleagues from
RMC
, Wednesday, after the Parisian qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the Qatari leader said this: "Neymar and Mbappé are Parisians, they will always remain Parisians."
No more no less.
Always, maybe not.
But beyond the current season, it would already be good, knowing that the two superstars are no longer under contract until 2022. However, it is absolutely unthinkable to see PSG start the 2021-22 fiscal year without them. have extended, at the risk of losing them without transfer compensation in a year and a half.
The future will tell if Nasser Al-Khelaïfi was right to be so confident, or if it was the Coué method.
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Remember that the suspense has already been largely ventilated with regard to the Brazilian.
"Lovers of PSG", Neymar should extend in the coming weeks.
In fact, various sources report that it was his injury that delayed the officialization of the news.
"It's on the right track, but at the end of the day, a contract is signed when it is signed and this is not yet the case", recently confided Leonardo, on
France Bleu
.
And to add, about the French world champion: “We are talking.
We've been talking for a long time.
It's always clearer.
We will arrive at the moment when we must take a position, a decision.
I think we get closer to that moment each time.
There is a good opening of the dialogue. ”
"I am in full reflection"
Kylian Mbappé
The 22-year-old ex-Monegasque seems determined… to take his time.
This is what he explained at the end of 2020, on the defunct
Téléfoot
channel
: “We are discussing with the club, it is a question of finding a project.
I am in reflection because if I sign, it is to invest myself in the long term in PSG.
I am very happy here.
I have always been very happy.
The supporters and the club have always helped me and just for that I will always be grateful to the club.
I want to think about what I want to do in the next few years, where I want to be.
This is how my thinking turns.
Soon a choice will have to be made.
I am in full reflection. ”
A reflection that should quickly bear fruit.
A transfer window is getting ready.
Especially if it is appropriate to replace a player of this caliber.
With or without Mbappé, Leonardo's plans would obviously not be the same.
We think of the Lionel Messi case for example, the Argentinian also arriving at the end of his contract next June, but not only.
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In the meantime, Mbappé, author of a penalty Wednesday against Barça and triple scorer in the first leg, is delighted to join the European Top 8 for the second year in a row.
“Quarter-finals, we arrive,” he says on social networks.
“I am confident, declared Mauricio Pochettino in recent hours on
CBS
.
PSG is one of the biggest clubs in the world.
We can offer Neymar and Kylian what few other clubs in the world can. ”
This is true in terms of salaries, but also in terms of objectives.
And in this case a cup-shaped goal with big ears.
The C1 quarterfinals will take place on April 6 and 7 for the first leg.
By then, will the suspense be over?
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