An explosive file.
Who is likely to occupy the news again in the coming months.
Announced with great fanfare until 2025 on May 21, Kylian Mbappé's contract extension would actually only last until June 2024, with the third year optional.
Information revealed this Tuesday by our colleagues from
L'Equipe
.
An important subtlety, which even changes the situation in many respects.
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After a first half of 2022 polluted by rumors of the world champion's departure (55 caps, 26 goals) to Real Madrid, the Parisian club thought it was quiet for the years to come.
Mistake.
This will not be the case and from next summer, all circus football could resume its rights.
Always with the same questions.
Try everything for Mbappé to activate the 3rd year of the contract?
Sell him at an XXL price from the next summer transfer window and make him the most expensive player in the world?
It's hard to believe in the last option as the bosses of PSG have communicated on Mbappé.
It would be a real snub.
Kylian Mbappé and Neymar CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / PANORAMIC
No clear opinion on the Parisian summer transfer window
Central element of the Parisian project, upgraded with the best salary in the locker room, Kylian Mbappé finds himself in a position of strength since he is the only one able to activate or not his third year of contract.
He and his entourage hold the keys to the truck.
With strength and vigour.
Eager last spring to continue his adventure with PSG, which began in the summer of 2017, despite the golden bridge offered by Real Madrid, the native of Bondy started his season perfectly with already nine goals on the clock in just seven matches. disputed.
Whether in Ligue 1 or the Champions League, he fully meets the expectations of his coach, Christophe Galtier, for an ideal start to the year, despite the small hitch of the "penalty gate" with Neymar.
Subject quickly evacuated by the Parisian contingent.
Asked about the reasons for his choice last May, the French football star assured that the "
project
" of PSG had "
changed
", arguing that "
the club wanted to change a lot of things
".
Again asked last Monday to give his opinion on the transfer window of his club in a pre-match press conference against Juventus Turin (2-1 victory with a double from Mbappé), the main interested party was this time well restrained from expressing his feelings.
“
This is neither the place nor the time
, he swept away with a little pout
.
I'm not the person who can best answer this question, you have to ask the people concerned.
We are here for a Champions League game, and I think the best thing is to talk about this Champions League game
.
»
Kylian Mbappé training for PSG FRANCK FIFE / AFP
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While the names of Lewandowski, Tchouaméni, Silva or Skriniar appeared on the shelves of the champions of France, none of these elements joined PSG.
Not sure that the French international is fully satisfied with the transfer window carried out, with only one rookie (Vitinha) becoming a starter.
But impossible for Mbappé, engaging in an XXL season, to deliver the substance of his thoughts publicly at this time of year.
Still, this subtlety in his contract will necessarily revive the soap opera.
Unless PSG quickly find an agreement with their number 1 player... or if they decide to sell him next summer.
Either way, the peace was short-lived.