As reported by the French press (L'Equipe did it first, it was later confirmed by Radio Montecarlo), Kylian Mbappé has already communicated in PSG that he will not renew his contract with the French team, which ends in June 2022, a year from now. It is not a direct invitation to be transferred this summer, since Mbappé has explained to PSG that he will complete the remaining year of involvement, but without a doubt it puts the Parisian club in a complicated position: he must decide if he takes the matter to the limit and you risk letting you leave for free in a year and if you enter a good amount now for one of your stars.
Mbappé has decided that he will not declare himself in absentia to force PSG to negotiate for him; know that the french club He has already gone through that trance in the past and always imposed his criteria. He did it with Marquinhos, with Verratti and especially with Rabiot, who did not renew and told the club that he did not intend to do so when there were only six months left on his contract; PSG left him in the stands the entire time, after which he left for free to sign for Juventus. Mbappé is not opposed to fulfilling his contract year, but he does trust that circumstances will lead PSG to open up to negotiate, the same as Madrid thinks.
It is a bet and Kylian has bet against his current team, which is going through difficult times financially. In the 2019-20 academic year, as a result of the coronavirus crisis, it lost 125 million euros and in this 2020-21 season the forecast was to give 200 million. All in all, PSG has signed Wijnaldum for free (10 million net per year) and is close to announcing the signings of Ramos, Donnarumma and Achraf. Important investments that will make it even more necessary to deposit money in the box to clear the accounts.
Madrid awaits a call
Real Madrid, for its part, is determined not to tighten the rope. His idea is to wait for a call from PSG if they finally agree to put a price on Mbappé; If this is not the case, they trust that it will arrive for free in 2022, which would be much cheaper (Mbappé would have to be paid a transfer bonus, but it would always be lower than the cost of his transfer this summer). But above all, Madrid will not offend PSG and will go for the good, knowing that if it fuels the conflict, the French team can close in band and frustrate the objective: that Mbappé plays in Madrid from 2021-22.
Now everything depends on PSG: keep Mbappé for a year knowing that in 2022 he will leave for free or transfer him now at a good price (even if he has only one year left, he knows that Madrid will make an effort to sign him now) and with that fix a large part of their financial problems, leaving the leadership of the team to Neymar and the Ramos, Achraf, Verratti, Di María … Madrid have done their part of the work and Now he waits for the stars to line up to tackle the operation that should mark Madrid for the next decade.