Free way to Mbappé

The signing of Kylian Mbappé is a long-distance race in which every step is decisive. With half of Europe pending crack French, Madrid cannot afford to stumble. That is why the whites had a small victory, another one: Bayern publicly withdraws from the bidding. “I love Mbappé and his way of playing, but we will never get him to come to Bayern. Either way, he's fine where he is. Nasser Al Khelaifi is a good friend of mine. I'm not going to bother him with this,” said Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bayern Munich, to Le Figaro In an interview.

To that news, that of one less competitor, We must add the fact that Mbappé, who ends his contract in 2022, continues without renewing with PSG. Every day that passes he plays for Real Madrid. Leonardo, in recent statements, sent a positive message: “We have taken steps forward in the renewal of Mbappé,” said the sports director of the Parisian club. However, the French international, who is the one who has the last word, has not sent any wink recently about his continuity in Paris.

At Madrid, the strategy is clear: keep waiting until the opportunity to start negotiations appears. They consider it essential not to come into conflict with PSG, because in the past they have shown their strong hand when a footballer has wanted to leave the club (Verratti, Rabiot, Cavani …). In that sense, the Parisians are inflexible for the moment. AS already reported on April 22 the message that Leonardo launched in private circles: he prefers that Kylian go free in 2022 before accepting a forced transfer next summer. That is the current position of PSG today, at least from the outside.

Summer 2021

Madrid, however, knows that Leonardo's inflexible stance is part of the strategy they must follow to pressure Mbappé. Therefore, they trust that if he arrives next summer without renewing, PSG will open up to negotiate to prevent him from entering the last year of his contract. If that does not happen, everything will be in the hands of the player: he must stand firm to endure without renewing and go free in 2022.

In this extreme scenario, that of not renewing but that PSG remains rooted in its refusal to sell him, there is a factor that plays in favor of Real Madrid and Mbappé: the Qatar World Cup in 2022. For the first time it will be played in December and thus avoiding a pressure measure for PSG. If they threaten to stop playing, as they have done with Rabiot in the past, Mbappé would arrive at the World Cup event after spending more than four months at his new club. Thus avoid the risk of missing the appointment …