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After seven years of good and loyal service, Kylian Mbappé, top scorer in the history of the Parisian club (244 goals in 293 matches) has decided to leave the Rouge et Bleu at the end of the season. As we exclusively revealed to you on January 7, the 2018 world champion has given his agreement to join Real Madrid, a long-time favorite to welcome the French international (75 caps, 46 goals). At a time when the divide between the Bondynois and the reigning French champion seems to be growing, this issue is clearly not being discussed in high places…
If we recently told you that Nasser al-Khelaïfi was frustrated by such a scenario, the Parisian president has since made up his mind, what’s more in the face of the firmness of his player, sure of his choice. However, this refusal by Kylian Mbappé to continue in the City of Lights is today seen as a huge failure. With this in mind and following the example of the past standoff between the upper echelons of the Ile-de-France region and a certain Adrien Rabiot, The Team specifies, for his part, that the boss of PSG cannot digest the choice of his star.
Nasser al-Khelaïfi feels betrayed!
“We don’t say no to Nasser al-Khelaïfi or Qatar”explains, in this regard, an expert on the emirate before continuing: “usually when they want something, they get it. Mbappé’s refusal is experienced as an affront, a betrayal.. A feeling of humiliation all the more significant as the Parisian leader had, until then, done everything possible to keep the number 7 tricolor. Indeed, whether in the transfer window or by deciding to bring in Luis Campos, football advisor, Olivier Gagne, Campos’ deputy, but also Julien Maynard, communications manager, NAK worked hard in this seduction mission.
Yes, but now, if he had, initially, achieved his goals with the extension of his protégé in May 2022, Nasser al-Khelaïfi will this time have to bow, despite an insane salary offered to the Parisian star and the recorded departures of Neymar and Lionel Messi. Now forced to consider the future without the former Monegasque, Paris-Saint Germain will have to turn the page and embark on a new era. Before that, however, it will be necessary to validate, on Tuesday evening, a qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League against Real Sociedad. It now remains to be seen how Luis Enrique will handle the case of the Bondynois, a few hours after the stormy episode experienced in Monaco…
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