Macron would push Mbappé to stay at PSG
Despite offers close to € 200m from Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain retained Kylian Mbappé this summer. The risk of seeing the French striker (21) leave at the end of his contract in a year is real. PSG still hope to convince him to extend. This is what
RMC Sport
and
Le Parisien
revealed at the
end of August, and what
Marca
confirms
this Wednesday. The pro-Real Madrid daily recalls that Mbappé rejected two extension offers, but a third could fall in October, with a contract until June 2024 and a salary in the vein of those of the best players in the world. Among the potential arguments? Messages from the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron. "
It's important that he stays for the club,for the French championship
», He harangued already last June at the microphone of
BFM TV
.
Marca
assures us that “
the messages weren't just public.
Mbappé received messages from Macron on a personal basis.
And it is not excluded that he continues to do so.
"
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Kylian Mbappé's top 10 goals with PSG in Ligue 1
Barcelona: Koeman justifies Griezmann's departure
After two years where he did not meet expectations at FC Barcelona, Antoine Griezmann returned to Atlético de Madrid on the transfer window.
The French striker (30) is on loan for a season with another optional, and will definitely join Atlético if he plays 50% of the Madrid club's matches, revealed
Goal
.
In the columns of the daily
Sport
, Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman explained his departure.
“
Griezmann had a big contract and if he left he was going to help the club's economic situation improve.
That's why I accepted his departure,
”Koeman said.
David Luiz, back to Brazil?
But where will David Luiz bounce back? The defender and ex-Brazilian international did not extend his contract at Arsenal, from which he has come out of two difficult seasons. At 34, the former Chelsea and PSG could end his European career and return to his homeland. The
Globo Esporte
channel
tells us that Flamengo is considering offering him a contract. The Brazilian club initially feared European competition, but it is now reduced to heartache. David Luiz would welcome a return to Brazil to improve his image there, and would have been touched by the enthusiasm of Flamengo supporters with whom he has no connection. The former Gunner had left Brazil and EC Vitória, club Salvador de Bahia, to join Portugal and Benfica in 2007.
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David Luiz's splendid goal with Chelsea against Fulham in April 2013 (0-3)
N. Mendy (Leicester) to Galatasaray
Holder at the start of last season at Leicester, Nampalys Mendy has only played 3 of the last 14 games of the Foxes season.
The 29-year-old defensive midfielder no longer really has a place at the English club, and as
Foot Mercato
informs him
, a way out awaits him in Turkey.
Leicester reached an agreement with Galatasaray for the loan of the Senegalese international, born in La Seyne-sur-Mer (Var).
Mendy has given the green light, but his departure has not yet been finalized.
“
The player should arrive in Dakar in the next few hours.
It is a race against time which promises to make him arrive in Istanbul before 23:59 tomorrow evening and the end of the Turkish transfer window
, ”said his agent Yacine Ayad to
Foot Mercato
.
Aliou Traoré signed in Parma
According to
L'Équipe
, midfielder Aliou Traoré (20) signed with Parma, in Italian D2, until June 2024. Former French international U19, Traoré did not extend his contract with Manchester United who He had stolen from PSG in 2017. He has never played in the first team for the Red Devils and comes out of a discreet loan in Caen in Ligue 2 (19 matches, 6 starts).
