We still do not know more about the extensions of Neymar and Kylian Mbappé at Paris Saint-Germain.
Leonardo was questioned on these two burning issues at the microphone of Canal + a few minutes before the kickoff of the match between FC Metz and PSG.
And the sports director of the Parisian club did not say much in the end.
After the heroic qualification of PSG for the last four of the Champions League, Neymar himself and President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi had nevertheless hinted that the contract extension was on track, almost recorded.
Finally, Leonardo may have postponed the deadline for formalization despite the progress of discussions between the club and the player: “We are really quiet, it is important to have things clear for the future.
The future is between now and May 29 [the date of the Champions League final], we hope.
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"The moment when he [Kylian Mbappé] makes his decision will come"
About the other PSG star, Kylian Mbappé, Leonardo was also cautious and recalled that the club had communicated its intentions to the world champion: “Everything is clear, we know Kylian's situation.
He knows what we're thinking.
Today we have nothing more than that.
The moment when he will make his decision will come but it is not important today, the important thing is to win against Metz.
We're generally optimistic, but I'm not talking about Kylian.
There is no reason not to be optimistic about the future, about the team that we will have.
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🗨️ "I think we are generally optimistic ..."
Leonardo on the extension files of Mbappé and Neymar 👀 #FCMPSG pic.twitter.com/f5EisnZrov
- Canal Football Club (@CanalFootClub) April 24, 2021
At the end of a week marked by the aborted Super League project, the Brazilian sporting director was also confronted with the statements of Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid and of the elitist competition. A few days ago, the latter notably estimated that the recruitment of the Parisian striker this summer, which has been on his shelves for almost four years, would be impossible without the realization of the Super League project.
While Nasser Al-Khelaïfi appears as one of the big winners of the failure of the Super League in which he did not take part, Leonardo took the opportunity to throw a small spade at Real Madrid whose values advocated would be according to him different from those of PSG: “A lot has happened in the week but we must stay focused on the goal.
PSG have been through a lot in recent years, we have lived through difficult times, we must not forget that.
It's not been a long time, we have a strong, competitive team, with very strong values.
It's not a different club, with other values than ours that will make us forget that.
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"Pochettino brought a lot of things"
Leonardo took the opportunity to compliment Argentinian coach Mauricio Pochettino, who arrived four months ago to replace Thomas Tuchel: “Pochettino has brought a lot of things.
It was not easy, he brought peace, humility.
It was not easy in a team that arrived in the final, you have to have the patience to understand things, to implement your ideas.
If you don't have all that, you won't pass Bayern and you won't win against Saint-Etienne.
It's nice to see this solidity, now we have to capitalize.
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🗨️ Leonardo: "Pochettino brought peace and humility (...) If you don't have that, you don't pass against Bayern and you don't win against Saint-Étienne" #FCMPSG pic.twitter.com/J8Twp8so1n
- Canal Football Club (@CanalFootClub) April 24, 2021
